I. Introduction▲
Jesus ! We lost Astro and we don't know where it is !
Would you like to help us to find Astro, our mascot?
Great, to success, you have to complete the new module on the Trailhead platform, a website to learn Salesforce.
Moreover, if you complete that challenge before April 14th, 2016 11:59pm PST and you are 18+, you can participate to the contest and maybe earn a prize.
To read the official rules, please click on this link.
II. What is Trailhead ?▲
Trailhead is a web platform for newbies, developers and administrators who would like to learn how to navigate, customize and manage Salesforce by completing fun modules.
It helps you to implement best practices and correctly work with your data using Salesforce.com.
There are a lot of helpful modules, trails and projects on Trailhead with differents levels, from beginner to advanced.
For the moment, there are 82 modules, 24 trails and 18 projects, so you have some work to do !
III. Requirements▲
To complete the challenges, you will need a developer environment.
If you don't have one of these yet, click on this link right now to sign up and join the adventure on Trailhead, it's free !
IV. What is a module ?▲
Modules are a set of steps with a description of Salesforce feature and questions or exercises to check that you understand.
A trail is a set of modules grouped by categories : accounts, opportunities, reports, Apex triggers, Apex testing, Visualforce, Chatter, ..
Projects regroup everything you have learned during the different modules : data model, Apex classes, SOQL, Visualforce, dashboards, Salesforce1, ..
When you complete the exercises and challenges, you earn badges that you can display on your Trailhead profile and show to the world that you are the best !
Below, an example of questions and exercise that you can check during a module :
Questions :
Exercise :
V. Where's Astro ?▲
The module is setted of 4 unities :
- Discovering the Mystery;
- Unlocking the Clues;
- Following the Trail;
- Cracking the Code.
You will be a detective and you will interrogate suspects, to find the bad guy !
To success, you need an organization. If not, please go to the chapter III. Requirements.
VI. Summary▲
It is a good surprise from Salesforce to purpose prizes for people who complete challenges on the Trailhead website.
There are 2 good reasons to complete this module.
The first, it is fun and you earn a cool badge and the second, if you are lucky, you could earn one of the following prizes :
- 10 Fitbit Blaze;
- 10 8” Astro Stuffed Dolls.
To complete the challenge : Where's Astro.
About myself, I would be very happy if I earn a prize, so try it now !
You won't let the beautiful mascot alone somewhere, right?
Additional, you can read an article speaking about it for more informations.
