Salesforce Apex Archives

5 Strategies to get Around SOQL Query Limits

January 3, 2018Brian ClineProgramming, SalesforceLearning Salesforce, Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Best Practices

In Apex, there’s quite a few constraints that are strictly enforced because the platform is a shared multitenant environment. Quite a few of the limits result in runtime exceptions that can’t be handled.

For those familiar with Salesforce, it’s no secret that there’s a lot of limits. For example, there’s limits around the ViewState which were pretty painful to work around.

One of the first limits, I believe all new Salesforce developers hit is the limit for a maximum of SOQL queries that can be done.…

How to Choose An Apex Trigger Framework

May 5, 2017Brian ClineProgramming, SalesforceApex Trigger Frameworks, Apex Triggers, Salesforce, Salesforce Apex, salesforce trigger kill switch

If you have been programming on the Salesforce/Force.com platform for any amount of time I’m sure you have come into contact with Apex Triggers. If not, Apex Triggers are units of code that execute whenever a database operation occurs. I’ve put together a post about Before and After Triggers that you should read if you aren’t very familiar with how triggers work.

Apex Triggers can get complicated very fast if your company has a very customized Salesforce Org. Apex Trigger Frameworks are a way of offering generic functionality that structures code in a certain way. If you were to use a building metaphor we could say that a framework is the supporting structure of the building – it’s the steel or wood shell that supports the building. Trigger Frameworks are very good at enforcing trigger best practices.…

Salesforce Order of Execution

March 17, 2017Brian Cline2 CommentsSalesforceLearning Salesforce, Salesforce Apex

As Salesforce Developers and Salesforce Administrators, we need to understand how the system will process and validate the data that we are inserting or manipulating. As any system does, the rules follow a general pattern that’s known as the Salesforce Order of Execution. …

Best Practices for Exception Handling in Salesforce Apex

March 14, 2017Brian ClineSalesforceApex Exception Handling, Learning Salesforce, Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Best Practices

What’s an Exception

An exception is an unexpected event that occurs when code is executing. Basically apex is signalling there is a problem and that it can’t deal with the issue. …

How to Automatically Convert Leads in Apex

February 16, 2017Brian ClineSalesforceSalesforce Apex, Salesforce Lead, Salesforce Trigger

In the blog post “What’s the difference between a Lead and Opportunity?” I spent a bit of time covering how leads are converted into accounts, contacts, and opportunities. Basically, a lead is converted when the sales person thinks that there’s actually an opportunity to sell them something. In a lot of cases, it might make…

5 Incredible Resources For Learning to Program Salesforce

April 14, 2016Brian ClineProgramming, Salesforcebeginning Salesforce Programming, Learning Salesforce, Learning Visualforce, Salesforce, Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Careers

Salesforce is an incredibly large and customizable platform with hundreds of different features. Learning to use Salesforce can be difficult, but learning to program and manage Salesforce is even more daunting. Below I’ve provided you with the best resources I could find on programming Salesforce. Before jumping into learning to program apex, I recommend you…

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