Mastering Apex Programming - Second Edition

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Integrating with Salesforce

In this section of the book, we are going to look at several ways we can integrate Salesforce with external platforms and systems, as well as internally across the platform itself. This latter requirement has become more pronounced over the past few years as the scope of the solutions Salesforce offers has increased. There has also been a general increase in the number and variety of SaaS and cloud-based products that organizations use as companies shifted to remote and hybrid working following the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this first chapter, we are going to look at the variety of ways in which we can integrate with the Salesforce Platform and understand the patterns, terms, and concepts that will become important ...