Intro to Apex - Salesforce Force Friday Webinar
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The document provides an introduction to Apex, the programming language of the Salesforce platform. It discusses how Apex can be used to build both the user interface and business logic layers of applications. It also summarizes key Apex concepts like triggers, interfaces, annotations, testing and deployment. Resources for learning more about Apex like Trailhead, developer guides and discussion boards are recommended.
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- 1. Intro to Apex Build Innovative Mobile Business Apps...Fast June 12, 2015
- 2. #forcewebinar Safe Harbor Safe harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If any such uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of salesforce.com, inc. could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward- looking statements we make. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including any projections of product or service availability, subscriber growth, earnings, revenues, or other financial items and any statements regarding strategies or plans of management for future operations, statements of belief, any statements concerning new, planned, or upgraded services or technology developments and customer contracts or use of our services. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include – but are not limited to – risks associated with developing and delivering new functionality for our service, new products and services, our new business model, our past operating losses, possible fluctuations in our operating results and rate of growth, interruptions or delays in our Web hosting, breach of our security measures, the outcome of any litigation, risks associated with completed and any possible mergers and acquisitions, the immature market in which we operate, our relatively limited operating history, our ability to expand, retain, and motivate our employees and manage our growth, new releases of our service and successful customer deployment, our limited history reselling non-salesforce.com products, and utilization and selling to larger enterprise customers. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of salesforce.com, inc. is included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the most recent fiscal quarter. These documents and others containing important disclosures are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of our Web site. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other presentations, press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase our services should make the purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
- 3. #forcewebinar Speakers Abhinav Gupta Salesforce MVP & Evangelist Founder of Concretio Apps @abhinavguptas
- 4. #forcewebinar Go Social! Salesforce Developers +Salesforce Developers Salesforce Developers Salesforce Developers The video will be posted to YouTube & the webinar recap page (same URL as registration). This webinar is being recorded! @salesforcedevs / #forcewebinar
- 5. #forcewebinar Two Approaches to Development Visualforce Pages Visualforce Components Apex Controllers Apex Triggers Metadata API REST API Bulk API Formula Fields Validation Rules Workflows and Approvals Custom Objects Custom Fields Relationships Page Layouts Record Types User Interface Business Logic Data Model Declarative Approach Programmatic Approach
- 6. #forcewebinar Every Object, Every Field: Apex Enabled Visualforce Pages Visualforce Components Apex Controllers Apex Triggers Custom UI Custom Logic Standard Objects Custom Objects
- 7. #forcewebinar What is Apex? • Object-Oriented Language • Dot Notation Syntax • Cloud based development
- 8. #forcewebinar Developer Console • Browser Based IDE • Create and Edit Classes • Create and Edit Triggers • Run Unit Tests • Review Debug Logs
- 9. #forcewebinar Apex and Visualforce Custom Apex Controller Custom UI
- 10. #forcewebinar Apex Triggers • Event Based Logic • Associated with Object Types • Before or After: • Insert • Update • Delete • Undelete
- 11. #forcewebinar Trigger Logic trigger LineItemTrigger on Line_Item__c (before insert, before update) { //separate before and after if(Trigger.isBefore) { //separate events if(Trigger.isInsert) { System.debug(‘BEFORE INSERT’); DelegateClass.performLogic(Trigger.new);
- 12. #forcewebinar Apex Interfaces and Annotations • Batchable • Scheduled • Email • REST Services
- 13. #forcewebinar Schedulable Interface global with sharing class WarehouseUtil implements Schedulable { //General constructor global WarehouseUtil() {} //Scheduled execute global void execute(SchedulableContext ctx) { //Use static method for checking dated invoices WarehouseUtil.checkForDatedInvoices(); }
- 14. #forcewebinar Unit Testing • Code to test code • Tests can mirror user expectations • System Asserts increase predictability • Line Coverage increase predictability
- 15. #forcewebinar Deploying Your Code • 75% Coverage for Production • Develop in: • Sandboxes • Developer Editions • Force.com Migration Tool • Force.com CLI • Eclipse Plugin
- 16. #forcewebinar Let’s Recap • Apex is the programming language on Salesforce1 • Syntax and Structure similar to C# and Java • Variables, loops, classes, interfaces, collections, etc. • Many unique convenience features • Tight binding with your Salesforce data model • Simple data manipulation calls • SOQL for querying records into variables • Annotations & keywords – webservice, @isTest, @RestResource, etc. • Integrated testing framework with data teardown
- 17. #forcewebinar Resources • Developer Edition – Free Sign-up http://developer.force.com/join • Apex Workbook http://bit.ly/apexworkbook • Apex Resource Page http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/Apex • Discussion Boards http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/Apex-Code-Development/bd- p/apex
- 18. #forcewebinar More Free Online Tutorials New App Builders http://www.udacity.com/salesforce http://ccoenraets.github.io/salesforce- developer-workshop Developer Workshop Fast Track Tutorial for Experienced Developers Experienced App Builders
- 19. #forcewebinar BRAND NEW! Introducing Trailhead Challenge Yourself! http://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead
- 20. #forcewebinar Q & A Share Your Feedback: http://bit.ly/forcefriday Try Trailhead: http://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead Join the conversation: @salesforcedevs / #forcefriday
- 21. #forcewebinar Thank You! Share Your Feedback: http://bit.ly/forcefriday Try Trailhead: http://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead Join the conversation: @salesforcedevs / #forcefriday