About the Heroku Developer Accredited Professional Exam

The Heroku Developer Accredited Professional Exam is designed for those who design, configure, build, implement, and deliver business value to customers on Salesforce Heroku. This exam is for individuals who want to demonstrate their skills and knowledge to design and implement solutions that meet customer business requirements and contribute to long-term customer success.

 

Audience Description: Heroku Developer Accredited Professional

Accredited Professional exams are intended for Salesforce Partners with access to the Partner Learning Camp training and Partner Community.

The Heroku Developer Accredited Professional Exam is intended for an individual who has a minimum of one year of development experience on the Heroku Platform, including the following skills:

• Understands the basics behind the building and deploying apps on Heroku.
• Understands the Heroku CLI and common commands that are used to deploy and manage Heroku Apps using CLI Interface.
• Understand how add-ons, Buildpacks, and Heroku Buttons work.
• Understands using Heroku Dashboard to manage Heroku Apps, Add-Ons, Logs, and other app-related services.
• Manages the application development lifecycle using Pipelines, Review Apps, and CI/CD.
• Understands the role and applicable use cases for Heroku Data Services and Dataclips.
• Understands Apache Kafka and Apache Kafka topics to facilitate streaming communication between applications, services and/or functions.
• Designs solutions on Heroku that can integrate with Core Salesforce using Heroku Connect. Knowledge of APIs, and how to configure webhooks in Heroku to subscribe to various events.
• Understands the Twelve-Factor App Methodology and its application to Heroku architectures.

 

Purpose of This Exam Guide

This exam guide is designed to help you prepare for the Heroku Developer Accredited Professional Exam. This guide provides information about the target audience, the recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.

 

About the Exam

Here are details about the Heroku Developer Accredited Professional Exam.

• Content: 60 multiple-choice questions and up to five unscored questions
• Time allotted to complete the exam: 90 minutes
• Passing score: 68%
• Version: Exam questions align to the Winter ’25 release
• Registration fee: US$150, JPY 20,000, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
• Retake fee: US$150, JPY 20,000, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
• Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online environment; find more information on scheduling an exam here.
• References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
• Prerequisite: None

This exam may contain up to five additional unscored questions to gather performance data. Unscored questions are randomly integrated and have no impact on your final exam result.

 

Exam Outline

The Heroku Developer Accredited Professional Exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on development experience with Heroku Platform to demonstrate the knowledge and expertise in each of the areas below.

Heroku Platform: Apps and Runtime: 12%

• Understand Heroku Dynos and their types.
• Understanding of various process types Heroku Supports.
• Understanding of various building blocks of Heroku Application.

Heroku Platform: Building and Deployment: 8%

• Demonstrate an understanding of the basics behind building and deploying apps on Heroku.
• Choose the correct Buildpacks to support a specific use case. Knows when to layer several buildpacks to provide advanced functionality.

Heroku Platform – Operations: 12%

• Designing scalable solutions that are performant even during high traffic events.
• Understand scaling and high traffic concerns on the Heroku Platform, and can appraise the various ways in which Heroku apps can be scaled.

Heroku Platform – Elements: 3%

• Design and deploy solutions using add-ons.
• Understanding of Elements Marketplace, including various add-ons, buildpacks, and Heroku Buttons.

Continuous Delivery – Pipelines, Review Apps and CI: 10%

• Understand how Heroku Flows works and how it enables teams to streamline the app release process using modern CI/CD tools.
• Using Heroku Pipelines and Review Apps in Application Dev Lifecycle.

Data: Heroku Key-Value Store (KVS), Postgres, and Data Clips: 8%

• Understands when Heroku Key-Value Store (KVS) is an appropriate solution for various use cases.
• Understanding of Heroku Postgres and its features, including follower and fork database, data handling, and security.
• Understanding of Dataclips and how they can be used.

Data – Kafka & Add-ons: 8%

• Demonstrates familiarity with designing solutions that use Apache Kafka and Apache Kafka topics to facilitate streaming communication between applications, services, and/or functions.
• Understanding of third-party add-ons, how apps use them.
• Understanding of when an add-on is an appropriate solution for various use cases.

Security – SSL, Certs and ACM: 13%

• Designing Secured Complaint Solution on Heroku.
• Understanding of different SSL options available in Heroku.
• Understanding of ACM and its importance.

Integrations – Heroku Connect, API and Webhooks: 13%

• Design solutions on Heroku that can integrate with Core Salesforce using Heroku Connect.
• Understands Heroku Connect and its features, including which Salesforce APIs, and Write algorithm it supports.
• Knowledge of APIs, and how to configure webhooks in Heroku to subscribe various events.

Architecting Apps – Twelve-Factor Methodology: 13%

• Understanding of Twelve-Factor Methodology.
• Recommend architectures that use the Twelve-Factor app methodology correctly.