"Clicks not code," is popular in the Salesforce community, but the Apex programming language can take your instance to the next level.
Michelle LavaletteJune 29, 2017
Learn how to bypass the System.CalloutException when performing Apex Callouts after DML operations.
Krystian CharubinSeptember 27, 2016
Custom settings give your Salesforce users more control over their applications, but they do have some drawbacks. Custom metadata types attempt to solve many of these issues.
Taylor KingsburyJune 23, 2016
If you’ve ever built an Apex class that required multiple test classes, you might want to use a test suite to group the tests and run them all at the same time. Taylor gives an example of when to use Test Suites.
Taylor KingsburyApril 25, 2016
Krystian shows how to use the new Salesforce SandboxPostCopy interface to help automate invalidating all email fields in the system to prevent any email automations from accidentally reaching your customers.
Krystian CharubinMarch 28, 2016
In this post Damien shows you the power of Visual Flows and how they can successfully interact with code. This will help replace some of the Standard Development cycle resulting in decreased writing of unit tests, reduced workload, and faster deployment time.
Damien PhillippiMarch 10, 2016
Have you ever wanted to run one block of code in a sandbox and another block in the production org? I couldn't find a built-in Apex function that allowed me to determine whether the code was running in a Production/DE environment or in a sandbox. Fortunately, I ran across this post that gave enough info to write the following simple…
Artie BrosiusOctober 12, 2012
Native Opportunity Limitations One current limitation with Salesforce.com native Opportunities model is the inability to have a trigger on the Opportunity Contact Role object. Say you have built a custom Opportunity rollup or scoring mechanism of some variety and it relies upon what/who the user selects in the Opportunity Contact Role area: how will you detect a live change in…
Tom BurreAugust 30, 2012
If you want to create a new Lead via Visualforce or web form with Apex it's very possible you could overlook the Assignment Rules. As you might know, it's not even always obvious on the native Lead creation layout. Notice the lower left corner checkbox in the screenshot below. To enforce Assignment Rules in Apex you'll need to instantiate the…
Tom BurreNovember 19, 2009
