Salesforce Platform Developer II (PD2)

Module 1: PD2 Certification Overview & Advanced Platform Concepts

• PD2 exam format: superbadge-based assessment and multiple choice
• Advanced platform architecture: limits, governors, and execution context
• Bulkification patterns for large-scale data processing
• Platform event architecture for real-time integrations
• Change Data Capture (CDC) for event-driven integrations
• Salesforce Functions: extending Salesforce with elastic compute

Module 2: Advanced Apex Design Patterns

• Enterprise design patterns: Service, Selector, Domain layers
• Apex Enterprise Patterns library (fflib) implementation
• Dependency injection in Apex for testable code
• Strategy pattern for pluggable business logic
• Observer pattern using platform events in Apex
• Refactoring legacy Apex code to enterprise patterns

Module 3: Advanced Asynchronous Processing

• Batch Apex optimisation: stateful batch, scope size, and error handling
• Queueable chaining for complex multi-step processing
• Platform event-driven Apex: consuming high-volume events
• Continuation class for long-running callouts from LWC
• Monitoring async jobs: AsyncApexJob and monitoring tools
• Handling failures in asynchronous Apex gracefully

Module 4: Advanced SOQL & Data Architecture

• Query optimisation: selective queries and custom indexes
• Large data volume (LDV) design: skinny tables and custom indexes
• Aggregate queries and GROUP BY ROLLUP for analytics
• Semi-joins and anti-joins in SOQL
• Polymorphic relationships: querying Activity and Feed items
• Data archiving strategies for large Salesforce orgs

Module 5: Advanced Lightning Web Components

• LWC performance optimisation: lazy loading and memoisation
• Base Lightning components deep dive: datatable, tree-grid, combobox
• LWC slots: flexible component composition patterns
• Lightning Message Service (LMS): cross-DOM communication
• Custom property editors for Lightning App Builder
• LWC in Experience Cloud: guest user and authenticated contexts

Module 6: Integration Architecture & Patterns

• REST API: custom Apex REST services (@RestResource)
• SOAP web services: WSDL import and Apex web service callouts
• Named credentials and external credentials for secure callouts
• Outbound messaging and workflow-triggered integrations
• Streaming API: PushTopic and Generic Streaming
• MuleSoft and Salesforce integration patterns overview

Module 7: Security Architecture & Compliance

• CRUD and FLS enforcement in Apex: with sharing, without sharing
• Shield Platform Encryption: key management and encryption policies
• Event Monitoring: audit trail and user behaviour analytics
• Apex security best practices: SOQL injection prevention
• Cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention in LWC
• OAuth flows: web server, JWT bearer, and device flow

Module 8: PD2 Superbadge Preparation & Career Development

• Apex Specialist Superbadge: business automation challenge walkthrough
• Advanced Apex Specialist Superbadge: integration and async patterns
• LWC Specialist Superbadge: component architecture challenges
• PD2 essay questions: technical scenario analysis and solution design
• Code review techniques and technical interview preparation
• Career progression: Technical Architect pathway and Salesforce CTA

Salesforce Certified Technical Architects & Senior Developers Our PD2 instructors include Salesforce Certified Technical Architects (CTAs) and Application Architects who have designed and built some of the most technically complex Salesforce implementations in the ecosystem — multi-org integrations, high-volume data architectures, and custom platform extensions.

Enterprise Pattern Implementation Experience Trainers have implemented Apex Enterprise Patterns (fflib) at scale in organisations with massive codebases, giving learners genuine insight into how enterprise-grade Apex is structured, reviewed, and maintained in production.

Integration Architecture Specialists With experience designing integration architectures connecting Salesforce to ERP, data warehouses, marketing platforms, and custom APIs, our instructors provide practical guidance on the integration patterns that distinguish advanced Salesforce developers.

Superbadge Coaching Expertise PD2 superbadges are notoriously challenging. Our instructors have guided hundreds of developers through the Apex Specialist, Advanced Apex Specialist, and LWC Specialist superbadges, knowing exactly where learners get stuck and how to unblock them.

Performance & Scalability Focus Advanced development is about writing code that works at scale. Our trainers obsess over query optimisation, governor limit management, and architectural decisions that ensure custom Salesforce solutions perform reliably under production load.