Learning Apex Programming

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As we mentioned before, when we write triggers, the majority of code goes into our Apex classes, not the triggers themselves. As only the platform can execute the code in a trigger, any code you put in there is inaccessible to you. This means that if you ever need to reuse the same logic, you'd have to rewrite it in a class. If you're going to have it rewritten anyway, you might as well just start off correctly and put it in a class to begin with.

We can create a new Apex class from the Force.com IDE as follows:

1. Right-click on your project in the Force.com IDE and navigate to New | Apex Class.

   The Create New Apex Trigger window appears as shown:

2. Enter the name for your new Apex class. For this example, use accountMethods.
3. Leave ...