Book description
Create business applications using Apex to extend and improve the usefulness of the Salesforce1 Platform
In Detail
Starting with the syntax and common use cases for developing in Salesforce, this book will teach you how to create and deploy applications on the fly. You will learn how to approach new projects and learn the basics of Apex, including how to use Eclipse and the sandbox.
Salesforce limits and batch processes are explained in an easy-to-understand format, and you will gain a deep understanding of triggers, classes, test coverage, and Visualforce pages. You will also discover how you can share your Force.com data and code with the outside world and how to integrate with Google calendar using Apex.
Finally, the book covers the creation of real-world web service integrations with Salesforce.com; you will create a Force.com application from start to finish using Apex as the business logic. By the end of this book, you will know all the best practices for development using Apex.
What You Will Learn
- Create an Eclipse workspace and a sandbox, and learn about IDE best practices
- Write code within the limits of the platform and discover the best practices to stay out of trouble with queries
- Understand transactional and batch processes
- Discover classes and triggers and the best practices for using both
- Design a Visualforce page using Apex and JavaScript
- Customize sites to display Visualforce pages to the world
- Integrate Google and Salesforce calendars
Table of contents
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Learning Apex Programming
- Table of Contents
- Learning Apex Programming
- Credits
- Foreword
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Apex Assumptions and Comparisons
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2. Apex Limits
- Exceptions prove the rule
- Embracing an exception
- An exception to end all exceptions
- Obeying the speed limit
- More limits
- Edition limits
- API limits
- E-mail limits
- Time and relative limits in space
- You want me to process how many records?
- How many times and how many things
- Techniques to avoid query limits
- These aren't the queries you're looking for
- Visualforce limits
- Summary
- 3. More and Later
- 4. Triggers and Classes
- 5. Visualforce Development with Apex
- 6. Exposing Force.com to the World
- 7. Use Case – Integration with Google Calendar
- 8. Creating a Property Management Application
- 9. Test Coverage
- Index
Product information
- Title: Learning Apex Programming
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2015
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781782173977
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