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Unit testing is a crucial part of the development process in Salesforce Apex. It helps ensure that your code works as expected and prevents future regressions when changes are made. This tutorial will cover the basics of unit testing in Salesforce Apex, with examples and code snippets to illustrate the concepts. Table of Contents Introduction … Read more
As an Apex developer, encountering errors is a part of the development process that offers significant learning opportunities. Apex, Salesforce’s robust programming language, allows developers to implement logic on the Salesforce platform, but it also requires a keen understanding of its unique error landscape. Below is a detailed exploration of the most commonly encountered Apex … Read more
Dealing with SOQL 101 errors in Salesforce can be frustrating, but with some smart practices, you can avoid running into this problem. Here’s 10 things you can do to avoid SOQL 101 errors: 1. Bulkify Your Code Think big! Always write your code to handle multiple records at once instead of one at a time. … Read more
Imagine a scenario where you need to check complex conditions on an SObject record and don’t want to or can’t create a formula field on the object? Dynamic formula evaluation solves your problem. This capability was added in Summer 24. Let’s see an example: FormulaEval.FormulaInstance isPrimeCustomer = Formula.builder() .withType(Account.SObjectType) .withReturnType(FormulaEval.FormulaReturnType.BOOLEAN) .withFormula(‘AnnualRevenue > 30000 AND ISPICKVAL(Industry, … Read more
In the past, it was only possible to get execution run times in Apex test class methods by looking at the ApexTestResult object which represented the result of an Apex test method execution. Previously, information about limits and cumulative run time was available only by parsing the appropriate method sections in the debug log. Starting … Read more
In Salesforce development, ensuring data security and proper permissions are essential to maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of your data. Three key methods to enforce security are isAccessible(), with User Mode, and with SECURITY_ENFORCED. This article provides a detailed comparison of these methods, exploring their use cases, advantages, and limitations. 1. Using isAccessible() Overview isAccessible() … Read more
Transaction Finalizers are a powerful feature in Salesforce Apex that allow developers to define clean-up or follow-up actions which should be executed after a transaction completes, whether it succeeds or fails. This feature is particularly useful in handling post-transaction logic in a structured and reliable way, ensuring that certain operations are performed after the primary … Read more
In the realm of Salesforce development, particularly when working with Apex, understanding and effectively applying testing methodologies are critical for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of applications. Within this scope, distinguishing between true unit tests and integration tests, along with their respective impacts concerning Salesforce’s governor limits, is crucial for developers. True Unit Tests … Read more
Named Credentials in Salesforce serve as a secure method of managing authentication data for external services. They encapsulate the endpoint URL and the required authentication credentials (username, password, OAuth, etc.), providing a simplified and secure way to call out to external APIs from Salesforce. When developing on the Salesforce platform, security is a paramount concern, … Read more
In the complex and dynamic world of Salesforce development, managing and optimizing Apex tests is a critical yet challenging endeavor. My journey into the heart of this challenge began when I noticed a recurring issue in our Salesforce org, which was laden with outdated and monolithic Apex tests. The problem? We were consistently hitting SOQL … Read more