Apex Governor Limits (Why They Exist) What Are Governor Limits? Governor limits are Salesforce-enforced rules that restrict how much system resources Apex code can use in a single transaction. Simple Explanation Governor limits are like speed limits on a highway—they keep everyone safe and ensure one driver doesn’t block others....
Salesforce provides four main asynchronous processing tools — @future, Queueable, Batch, and Schedulable — each designed for different use cases. Choosing the right one impacts performance, reliability, governor limit management, and the overall user experience. In this guide, we’ll break down their strengths, ideal use cases, and limitations. You’ll also...
Designing a great Apex trigger starts with three fundamentals: Choosing the right trigger timing (before vs. after) Managing cross-object updates cleanly Offloading heavy or error-prone work to asynchronous processes Get these right, and your automations will stay fast, bulk-safe, and reliable — even under complex business logic. ? Trigger Timing:...
In Salesforce, your Apex code must handle anywhere from 1 to 200 records per transaction — all while coexisting with flows, triggers, and other automation. Two foundational principles make this possible: Bulkification — designing logic that efficiently processes lists of records without hitting governor limits. Mixed DML and lock awareness...
In Salesforce Apex, triggers are incredibly powerful — but without structure, they can spiral into chaos fast.To keep your automation clean, scalable, and predictable, follow three cornerstone practices: One trigger per object A trigger handler pattern Recursion guards Together, these principles make your code easier to debug, safer to scale,...
In Salesforce development — whether you’re working with Apex, LWC, Visualforce, or external integrations — even small mistakes can create serious security risks. Poor handling of user input or secrets can lead to data exposure, code execution, or unauthorized access. To protect your Salesforce org, there are three essential security...
Building reliable Salesforce integrations means balancing security, user experience, and resilience. You want secure authentication, non-blocking calls for the UI, and smart retry logic that doesn’t break governor limits. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to achieve all three using: Named Credentials for configuration-based security OAuth/JWT for headless authentication...
In Salesforce Apex, building a reliable error-handling strategy means doing more than just catching exceptions. You need to: Fail fast to block bad data before it hits the database, Use custom exceptions that make intent clear, Tag each transaction with a correlation ID for traceability, and Emit structured telemetry for...
In Salesforce development, secure Apex means two things: Enforcing record access through with sharing, without sharing, or inherited sharing. Enforcing object and field-level permissions using CRUD/FLS checks. Apex doesn’t automatically verify these for you—you have to do it.The safest, most reliable pattern is to use with sharing by default and...
Salesforce follows a strict, predictable process when saving data. Each step is carefully designed to ensure that operations either succeed completely or fail safely—without leaving your data corrupted. These core concepts—Order of Execution, Transactions, Locking, Savepoints, and Partial Success—form the foundation for reliable automation and error handling. Together, they give...
