# Learning Resources for Marketing Cloud

If you aren’t familiar with development tools and processes on the Salesforce Platform, there are several helpful learning resources available on [Trailhead](https://trailhead.salesforce.com).

## Salesforce Development Basics

If you’re new to developing on the Salesforce Platform, you can build a solid foundation by completing these modules.

- [Quick Start: Connect Postman to Salesforce](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/projects/quick-start-connect-postman-to-salesforce)

  - : Postman is a tool used by developers, testers, and just about everybody else who interacts with REST-based APIs. In this module, you download and configure a Postman collection that makes it easy to experiment with the Salesforce Platform REST API and Bulk API.

- [Quick Start: Visual Studio Code for Salesforce Development](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/projects/quickstart-vscode-salesforce)

  - : Set up VS Code as a Salesforce development environment.

- [Platform API Basics](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/api_basics)

  - : Start out with a tour of the Salesforce Platform APIs, and then learn how to use tools including Postman and SoapAPI to issue your first API requests.

## Intermediate Platform Development

After you complete the basics, it’s time to build on your skills. By completing these modules, you broaden your understanding of important Salesforce Platform development concepts.

- [Platform Development Basics](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/platform-development-basics)

  - : Learn how to use Lightning Web Components, Apex, and Node.js to create custom interfaces, automate processes, and build scalable apps.

- [Object-Oriented Programming for Admins](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/object-oriented-programming-for-admins)

  - : Enhance your Salesforce data with Apex classes, objects, data manipulation language (DML), sets, and loops.

- [SOQL for Admins](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/soql-for-admins)

  - : Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) is a query language used to retrieve data from a Salesforce database. In this module, you learn about the components and syntax of a SOQL query. You also create and run your first SOQL query.

## Data 360

Marketing Cloud Next is tightly integrated with Data 360, so it’s important to understand how Data 360 works as you plan and configure your org.

- [Data 360-Powered Experiences](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/data-cloud-powered-experiences)

  - : This introduction explains how you can use Data 360 to create personalized, real-time experiences across Salesforce and beyond.

- [Customer 360 Data Model for Data 360](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/customer-360-data-model-for-customer-data-platform)

  - : Understand the data model for Data 360, and learn how to create data model objects (DMOs).