Apex Basic and Database : What is Apex ?
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What is Apex?
programming language that uses Java-like syntax and acts like database stored procedures. Apex enables developers to add business logic to system events, such as button clicks, updates of related records, and Visualforce pages.![]() |
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Apex is:
- Hosted—Apex is saved, compiled, and executed on the server—the Force.com platform.
- Automatically upgradeable—Because compiled code is stored as metadata in the platform, Apex is automatically upgraded as part of Salesforce releases.
- Object oriented—Apex supports classes, interfaces, and inheritance.
- Strongly typed—Apex validates references to objects at compile time.
- Multitenant aware—Governer limit.Because Apex runs in a multitenant platform, it guards closely against runaway code by enforcing limits, which prevent code from monopolizing shared resources.
- Integrated with the database—It is straightforward to access and manipulate records. Apex provides direct access to records and their fields, and provides statements and query languages to manipulate those records.
- Data focused—Apex provides transactional access to the database, allowing you to roll back operations.
- Easy to use—Apex is based on familiar Java idioms.
- Easy to test—Apex provides built-in support for unit test creation, execution, and code coverage. Salesforce ensures that all custom Apex code works as expected by executing all unit tests prior to any platform upgrades.
- Versioned—Custom Apex code can be saved against different versions of the API.
Apex is similar in OOP in :
- Classes, interfaces, properties, and collections (including arrays).
- Object and array notation.
- Expressions, variables, and constants.
- Conditional statements (if-then-else) and control flow statements (for loops and while loops).
Additionally Apex supports:
- Cloud development as Apex is stored, compiled, and executed in the cloud.
- Triggers, which are similar to triggers in database systems.
- Database statements that allow you to make direct database calls and query languages to query and search data.
- Transactions and rollbacks.
- The global access modifier, which is more permissive than the public modifier and allows access across namespaces and applications.
- Versioning of custom code.
- Apex is a case-insensitive language.
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