Persist
This is it, The Final Chapter. In this series we’ve come a long way learning how to be successful while developing back end code in Salesforce. We’ve gained knowledge about how to retrieve Data with SOQL and SOSL, … Continue Reading
Retrieve, Modify, Persist – Part 6
Modify
In the past 5 chapters of this journey, we’ve learned many ways to fetch records efficiently from the database. It’s now time to focus on how can we alter those retrieved records to capture new information or update existing … Continue Reading
Retrieve, Modify, Persist – Part 5
Advanced SOSL
We are all familiar with the saying, “with great power, comes great responsibility”. Using SOSL to perform database searches relates to this special developer power: however, this power often comes at a price. To take full advantage of … Continue Reading
Retrieve, Modify, Persist – Part 4
SOSL Basics
As opposed to SOQL, SOSL was specifically designed by Salesforce for developers who know what they want to retrieve, but do not know where it might be found. SOSL stands for Salesforce Object Search Language and it’s the … Continue Reading
Retrieve, Modify, Persist – The Series
Part 1 | Static SOQL
The ETL process in a Data Integration System is a well known pattern to Extract, Transform, and Load data from one environment to another. There is a similar process when you develop applications in the … Continue Reading
Apex: Loop Cycles
A Quick Guide on FOR Loops
Apex is Salesforce’s proprietary cloud-based, object-oriented programming language. Let’s break down that a little bit:
- Apex was built by Salesforce, for Salesforce. You will not be able to write and run Apex outside your