Chapter 2. Architecting Sustainable Triggers Using a Trigger Framework

This chapter starts with a quick refresher on Salesforce triggers. We'll look at the fundamental basics of how they work and when to use them. We'll then look at the concept of a trigger framework and dive deep into the how and why of a particular framework.

In this chapter, we will see the following topics:

  • An overview of triggers
  • Issues with traditional trigger architecture
  • Trigger frameworks
  • SFDC-trigger-framework

An overview of triggers

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