Mastering Apex Programming

Chapter 11: Using Platform Events

So far in our discussion of asynchronous processing, we have focused solely on the ways in which we can run Apex code asynchronously to handle appropriate tasks. While this is one asynchronous programming model available on the Salesforce platform, the primary focus of using the asynchronous methods we have discussed thus far is to allow you to work with an increased set of governor resources to perform some complex functionality, or to run a job at a pre-determined point in the future.

In this chapter, we are going to discuss a different model using platform events. Platform events are a relatively new addition to the Salesforce platform and enable developers and architects to design solutions differently, ...