Intro to App Building with Salesforce

Note: This class will run from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm with a 45 minute break for lunch.

Interested in an in-demand career with salaries up to six-figures? The job market for Salesforce professionals is growing, with over 100,000 job openings for Salesforce skills created last year*. In this class, you'll get a crash course in building simple employee-facing business apps that run on both a web browser and a mobile device - without writing any code!

This is not a sales pitch. We're Salesforce professionals, and we're passionate about bringing diversity to the tech sector and helping women learn about powerful career options.

Whether you’re familiar with Salesforce from your work experience or are just looking for a career in a hot field, join us to learn about app-building on Salesforce.

What this class will cover:

• What is Salesforce and what are the career opportunities for Salesforce Admins and Developers?

• App-building concepts including data modeling, user interfaces, business logic, reports, dashboards, and mobile.

• Hands-on and guided project building to build a sample app in one day.

• Introduction to Trailhead (https://trailhead.salesforce.com/), a fun online learning platform for Salesforce.

• Resources for connecting with the Salesforce community (https://success.salesforce.com/).

The tools for learning to develop with Salesforce are free:

• Trailhead (https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead/), the fun free way to learn Salesforce

• Salesforce1 Mobile App (AppStore and Google Play)

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Prerequisites:

Students should be fairly familiar with using web and mobile applications and Googling for answers to all of life’s questions. You do not need any prior Salesforce experience.

Tech Requirements:
Please bring a laptop, not an iPad/tablet. The visual development tools only run on a modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari 9.x and 10.x on Mac OS X, Internet Explorer 11).

Financial need:

A limited number of scholarships are available for those with a financial hardship. To apply, click here (https://goo.gl/forms/c8vfKl2I5zWEQSBu2). Scholarship applicants will be notified a week before the class begins. Class capacity does not impact scholarship students. Check out this info sheet (https://drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/0B344HUnWO0EhOFI4SmpWVjE2Yms/edit) about getting course fees covered by your employer.

About the teachers:

Naya Boutsomsy is a Senior Project Manager who works in Human Resources for Capital One. She is helping the company transform the “Life@CapitalOne” experience to associates across the globe. Her emphasis is on integrating technology to make effective work/life experiences.

Naya became a Salesforce user 7 years ago as an HR Specialist. Her degree is in Sociology from Emory University. However, she became an “accidental admin” after teaching herself Salesforce using online tools. She is currently a Salesforce Administrator and Developer for Human Resources. Naya believes “if you can visualize it, you can build it with Salesforce.”

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Special thanks to our site sponsor:

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All attendees are expected to abide by the Girl Develop It Code of Conduct (http://www.girldevelopit.com/codeofconduct).

Questions about the class? Contact sarrah@girldevelopit.com

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NOTE: Refunds are offered only if the class is rescheduled/canceled or in extreme circumstances.