Date: This webinar took place on July 24, 2012 Whether you are an experienced programmer or a salesforce.com administrator, Apex can help you get more out of the Force.com platform. Apex is the programming language of Force.com; it allows you to go beyond the point-and-click framework to add specialized and complex logic to your applications. Watch this webinar to learn about: :: How administrators with no programming knowledge can write simple Apex triggers to complete their applications :: How programmers can utilize Apex to build complete application logic :: How programmers can use Apex to integrate Force.com applications with other systems View the recording, FAQs, and download the code here: http://bit.ly/apexcodewiki

1. Introduction to Apex
Josh Kaplan
Senior Product Manager
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Sandeep Bhanot
Senior Developer Evangelist
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4. Apex is the Programming Language of the
Force.com Platform
2.4 Billion Lines of Apex Code
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5. What Is Apex?
 Object-oriented language
 Strongly-typed
 Java-like syntax
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6. Why Apex?
 Runs in the Cloud
 Integrated to Your Data
 Convenience Features
 Testing Framework
 Backward Compatibility
 Write once, run anywhere
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7. The Force.com Platform is a Multi-Tenant Environment
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8. What can you do with Apex?
Custom web services and
Database Triggers Visualforce Controllers HTTP Callouts
Inbound/Outbound
Email Services Scheduled and Batched Tasks
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9. Use Case: UberJet
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10. Triggers – Add Logic To Your Application
 Where the declarative platform ends, Apex begins
 Apex Triggers act whenever records are saved
– Modify the object being saved
– Create new objects
– Modify related objects
– Modify any object in the system
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12. Create Invoice Trigger
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13. Reserve Jet Trigger
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14. Testing Your Code
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15. Testing Your Code
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16. Apex and Visualforce
Custom Apex Custom UI
Controller
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17. Asynchronous Processing
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18. Apex Asynchronous Features
 Scheduled Apex
 Batch Apex
 @future calls
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19. Integration with Apex
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20. Apex Integration Features
 Expose RESTful Web Services
 Expose SOAP Web Services
 Outbound Web Service Calls
– Callout to RESTful Web Services
– Callout to SOAP Web Services
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21. Deploying Your Code
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22. Let’s recap
 Apex is the programming language for the Force.com platform
– Used for database triggers, Visualforce pages, integration services, batch
and scheduled processing and more …
 Common syntax
– Variables, loops, classes, interfaces, collections, etc.
 Many unique convenience features
– Tight binding with your Salesforce data model
– Simple data manipulation calls
– SOQL for querying records into variables
– Annotations & keywords – webservice, @isTest, @RestResource, etc.
– Integrated testing framework with data teardown
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23. Ready. Set. Go!
FREE
Sign Up For Developer Edition
http://developer.force.com/join
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24. Your Homework Assignment
 Download the Apex Workbook
http://bit.ly/apexworkbook
 Bite-sized 30 minute tutorials
– Starts with the basics and builds
from there
– Build in Developer Edition Now!
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25. Resources
 Developer Edition – Free Sign-up
http://developer.force.com/join
 Apex Workbook
http://bit.ly/apexworkbook
 Apex Resource Page
http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/Apex
 Discussion Boards
http://boards.developerforce.com/t5/Apex-Code-Development/bd-p/apex
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26. Upcoming Events
 August 1
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 August 23
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27. Q&A
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apexcodesurvey
@joshsfdc @forcedotcom @cloudysan
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