This video training begins with instructor Michael Wicherski providing a brief introduction to the Force.com Platform, walking through how to sign up for a developer environment, as well as the selection and installation of the most common IDEs for developing on the platform. He then presents the basics of Apex by introducing the language and demonstrates how to translate business requirements into triggers. The video continues by covering advanced topics, such as custom user interfaces and asynchronous processing for large datasets. The video concludes with a tutorial on writing test coverage and an introduction to the new development technology from Salesforce, Lightning.