Debugging Salesforce for Admin's & Developers (Udemy.com)
Find & resolve Salesforce issues faster with Developer Console!
Created by: Francis Pindar
Last updated May 2023
What you will learn
- Use the advanced Admin tools in Developer Console
- Debug and fix issues in Salesforce faster
- Understand how to read the Salesforce Debug Log
- Understand SOQL and how to run SQL like queries on Salesforce.
How it compares
Against the other 100 rated Udemy courses in Salesforce on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 68% of them
- Reviews969#55 of 101 by number of reviews
- Length1.6 hoursshorter than 92% of them
- Last updatedMay 2023earlier than 81% of them
Course Description
The Developer Console is not just for Developers!! This was my message to 100s of people at Dreamforce 2016. For some reason, Administrators avoid the Salesforce Developer Console like the plague! But it has some really important tools within it that can help you speed up the time it takes to identify issues on the platform as well as running quick calculations on records within your Salesforce org.
Understand how Salesforce thinks
One of the most important aspects of this course is to learn how Salesforce works under the covers. By understanding what happens when you create, update or delete records in Salesforce, you can have a greater understanding on why issues crop up and how you can zero in on the issue quickly and get it resolved.
Debugging & Troubleshooting Salesforce
Salesforce developers use Salesforce Debug logs a lot to find out what's going on in Salesforce when actions are performed. This section of the course teaches you how to read debug logs effectively so that you can understand why that workflow rule or validation is throwing an error or not doing anything at all! It's all about digging down and finding the issue quickly.
I also show you how to visualize debug logs in a different way so you can quickly understand whats happening in Salesforce.
Introduction to SOQL
SOQL is a query language used by developers to pull data out of Salesforce to perform actions on it. In this section, you will learn how SOQL relates to reports in Salesforce and how you can use SOQL to quickly get answers to information in Salesforce without the need for creating Record Types or Reports all the time.
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
969 Reviews
Francis Pindar
I'm one of only 9 people globally to be awarded a Salesforce MVP seven times (an award that Salesforce gives out to those with expertise and knowledge on Salesforce). I've been working in the Salesforce eco-system for over 12 years and have I am AWS, TOGAF9 and product management certified. I have more Salesforce Certifications than a lot of people (26x Salesforce Certified).
I'm not just another "IT trainer". I teach cloud technologies because I know it, inside and out.
I've been working in the IT industry for 20 years as a developer, consultant, solutions architect and technical architect. I've worked on around 100+ Salesforce implementations over the years from large global roll-outs to small charities. The courses are not just some other IT training course, delivered by some IT trainer. My background is very hands-on, I live, eat and breathe Salesforce. My aim is to teach you everything you need to know in a fun way that includes important best practice from my experience with implementing Salesforce. If you want some boring high level and theoretical cloud training, then my courses are not for you!
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Reviews
By Nthabiseng Ratau on 9/14/2026
As someone who is new to Dev Console, this course covered the basic concepts and skills I need to apply in my workspace. The content was easy to follow, practical, and provided a solid foundation for getting started with Dev Console
By Anonymized User on 3/21/2024
This is the first time I am took a course from Francis and I thoroughly enjoyed it. His knowledge on the debugging part is just exceptional and I felt the course so useful. He has taught so many nuances and tricks that would help any Salesforce admin/developer to find the cause for an issue. I am elated that I took up this course.
By Mehmet on 2/23/2024
I came into this course with high expectations due to Francis's experience level. While I found the content informative, I was hoping for more practical examples and real-world challenges to apply the concepts. While the course wouldn't typically warrant this rating, I appreciate Francis's expertise and delivery, which is why I'm awarding him
By Jennifer Krutsch on 7/11/2022
This course is fantastic! Thank you so much for all this useful debugging information from the DevConsole. I am going to bookmark this and come back often.
By Natalia Rex on 2/21/2022
Hello you did a great job with this course, money well spent. You not only gave high level overview of Execution Order, it was a great foundation to understand HOW the debug tool works, and how it can be used day to day by an admin. It really opened my eyes on how I can use this in my work to help troubleshoot :) The SOQL section was extremely well done, I understand so much more now. And most of all, you were very precise, you also gave some great tips/information from your experience, and you didn't rush through it. Thank you!
By Ana Carolina Bertini on 11/26/2021
This course really helped me out to get a better understanding of how things work in Salesforce. Definitely, it'll help me a lot in my career as a Salesforce Engineer. Thanks a lot for the great content!
By Natalia Lobanova on 2/13/2021
As a QA engineer, I was having problems reporting the bugs. Without full logs and checking SOQL queries I couldn't provide all necessary information to the developers. Francis, thank you, your course has helped me a lot! Now I have more tools to use in my QA activities)
By Rajeev Nayan on 4/25/2020
Liked it.. Excellent... We should be revisiting the content of all the courses time to time to make the course updated and perfect for every time.
By A G on 1/31/2020
The course is fantastic..but £20 for ~2 hours is a lot. The course should be longer and could feature content from VS Code, Eclipse etc. I think I like it so much I wish there was more! Hence why one star less.
By Cindy Lam on 9/21/2019
Great course. It helps to understand how Salesforce works overall and how to debug errors. I would suggest to expand on some of the day to day errors (or common errors) that the instructor has encounter or seen and the solution to those issues.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100








