Below is a suggested reading order for those who are just starting to learn to code on Force.com. This doesn’t mean that you can’t skip around, but that if you’re brand new, you’ll have an easier time following this plan to some extent. I will fill more posts as I write them. Happy learning!

Basics

• How buying a major appliance can help you understand Object-Oriented Programming
• What is Apex?

Apex Building Blocks

• Variables (basics)
  • Primitive Data Types in Apex and Java
  • Apex Collections (Lists, Sets, and Maps)
  • sObjects
• Loops
  • Mix until Combined (While and Do-While Loops)
  • Oh … for the Love of FOR loops
• Conditional Statements
• Introduction to SOQL
  • Part One – Basics of SOQL
  • Part Two – Pulling data from related objects
  • Part Three – Aggregates, advances operators, wildcards, dates and numbers
• Classes & Triggers
  • Introduction to Triggers
  • Yummy Utility Classes

Coding Tool Quick Start Guides

• Salesforce Developer Console