Salesforce Developer Tutorial - The Complete Guide to Apex Tests in 2024

In this episode we go over everything you need to know about writing Apex Tests so that you can write high quality tests for the code in your Salesforce org!

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Salesforce development books I recommend:

Advanced Apex Programming: https://amzn.to/3lXi8to
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Good Non-SF Specific Development Books:

Clean Code: https://amzn.to/35PuMDU
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Table of Contents:

0:00 - Intro
1:10 - What are apex tests and why make them?
5:10 - Creating our first Apex Test
14:47 - Running our Apex Test
16:00 - How to use Assertions
23:06 - Using the @TestSetup method
35:22 - Creating a Test Data Factory
45:51 - Alternative ways to generate test data
47:18 - The infamous SeeAllData parameter
50:00 - Testing Private Methods
53:21 - When to use Test.isRunningTest
56:27 - Test class best practices
1:02:32 - Testing Integrations
1:20:46 - A brief overview of the Test class methods
1:23:50 - Running your tests as a specific user
1:28:19 - Difference between a Unit and Integration test
1:35:15 - Unit Test Overview

DISCLAIMER: The views and ideas expressed on this YouTube channel and blog are based on past development experiences and may not always work for your particular scenarios. The advice in these videos may also become outdated as technology advances. They should be used as examples for educational purposes only. Using any shown solutions in your own org is not advisable since they are example scenarios.

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