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Apex Character Limit – What to do?

Everything about the Salesforce Apex character limit: how characters are counted, what is excluded, what actually breaks at 100%, how to get the limit increased, and a formatting change that cut 14.75% from a single class.

Beyond Best Practices – Why Following the Rules Can Break Your Code? – Czech Dreamin’ 26, Polish Dreamin’ 26

Following best practices blindly can make code worse. This post shows that rules are context-dependent what improves readability, maintainability, or architecture in one case may add unnecessary complexity in another. Understand the trade-offs before applying any rule.

Salesforce Connected App to ECA: What the May 11, 2026 Deadline Actually Requires (and What It Doesn’t)

The May 11, 2026 ECA deadline is real — but most write-ups in circulation are getting the scope wrong in both directions. Learn what Salesforce is actually mandating, which OAuth flows are out of scope, and how 1GP partners can hit the deadline without committing to a multi-quarter 2GP migration.

Beyond Org Config & Secrets: Are You Doing It Right?

A comprehensive guide to configuration and secrets management in Salesforce: where to store sensitive data, why Custom Metadata Types and Custom Settings fall short for secrets, and how Named Credentials provide encrypted callout authentication. It also covers CI/CD automation for multi-environment config management and introduces the managed package pattern, using protected Custom Settings and…

Apex Security and Sharing

A practical guide to Salesforce security in Apex: how FLS and sharing really work, when to use USER_MODE, WITH SECURITY_ENFORCED, or stripInaccessible, and how class sharing keywords affect record access.

How to implement marker interfaces in Apex?

Marker interfaces are a familiar concept in Java but rarely discussed in Apex. This article introduces how they work, and how you can apply the same pattern in your own code. Through a practical example involving payment methods and optional confirmation modes, it demonstrates how marker interfaces let you extend behavior without modifying existing logic, illustrating a clean, compositional…

German’s engineer trick for perfect Salesforce CICD

Learn the deploy-before-merge strategy for bulletproof Salesforce CI/CD. Avoid deployment failures and broken branches with this proven DevOps approach.

Salesforce Code Review & Handover Bingo: Common Mistakes and Red Flags 🚩

Whenever a project is handed over to you, some sort of review or state-of-the-art check should be done. We can make it a more fun, team activity and fill the bingo card during the investigation! Image done using Bingo Baker. To make this bingo play have some fun-factor, the mentioned concepts have different severity […]

Apex Queueable Processing Framework

Struggling with “Too many queueable jobs” errors in Salesforce? This guide introduces AsyncLib, a framework that manages Apex asynchronous processing with queueable chains. It helps overcome strict governor limits by chaining jobs using Salesforce’s Finalizer interface. AsyncLib simplifies async execution, error handling, and scheduling for Queueable, Batchable, and Schedulable jobs—no more…

Teach an Old Org New Tricks – enabling Scratch Orgs in legacy project

A deep dive into enabling Salesforce Scratch Orgs in legacy projects. Overcome technical debt, metadata complexities, and create reproducible dev environments.

Upsert & Parent Lookup via Name Field (idLookup property)

Learn how upsert works in Salesforce apex, how to create child and parent in one DML and how to go beyond external ids when doing upserts.

Importance of Having a Single Flow Trigger

Splitting trigger logic into multiple flows seams tempting, but it comes with a big disadvantage. Check how to avoid this mistake and adjust your strategy based on your project.

Free Trials on AppExchange: A Strategy Comparison

Learn how to offer free trials on Salesforce AppExchange and choose the strategy that best fits your app and business goals.

Arrow Function vs Regular Function in LWC

Learn the key differences between regular functions, arrow functions, and methods in Lightning Web Components (LWC). Discover best practices, use cases, and how this, arguments, hoisting, and constructors behave in JavaScript and Salesforce LWC.

Top 5 Salesforce Sales Cloud Implementation Mistakes

This post highlights 5 common mistakes in Sales Cloud implementations from poor data quality and lack of user training to bad segmentation and weak business involvement and shares practical tips to avoid them for smoother, more effective projects.

Generic Code: What It Is and What It Is Not? – Polish Dreamin’ 25

Learn how to build truly generic code that’s easy to adopt, flexible, and avoids duplication. Uncover key principles, patterns, and real-world tips for writing maintainable code that focuses on the core problem and fosters effective collaboration.

Reducing Manual Setup Steps for AppExchange Apps

Learn how to reduce post-installation manual steps for your AppExchange managed package. Improve user experience and simplify necessary configurations.

List View API Updates in Spring’25 Release

Explore the power of Salesforce s Spring 25 update with the enhanced lightning/uiListsAPI. This post dives into the expanded capabilities of List Views, highlighting its newfound ability to perform full CRUD operations. Learn about the various functions available in the adapter and discover practical examples of how to implement them in your Salesforce environment. Uncover how this update…

Salesforce Org Types for AppExchange Partners

Learn about key Salesforce org types for AppExchange partners, including PBO, LMO, FMO, Devhub, Scratch Orgs, and Trialforce Orgs. Understand their roles in app development, packaging, licensing, and trials to optimize your AppExchange journey.

Apex Object Oriented Programming – Hands-On

Have you ever had difficulties with refactoring existing code? Ever wondered if your code is really open for extensions and closed for modifications? Try this Hands-On exercises to find out how to make you code clean and reusable.

Bulkification in Flows

Bulkification is a fundamental principle in Salesforce automation, ensuring that Flows and Apex processes handle multiple records efficiently instead of processing them one by one. While Salesforce claims that Flows automatically bulkify actions, developers must actively design for bulk operations to prevent hitting governor limits. This article explores how Flow bulkification works, highlights…

Salesforce Mock in Apex Tests

Executing tests takes forever? You don t have integrations in development environments? Your tests give different results depending on the instance? No worries, check if you can benefit from Mocking or Stubbing in your tests and more!

AppExchange App Support with Debug Mode

Learn how to improve your Salesforce AppExchange app support with debug mode for managed packages.

Salesforce AppExchange Lead Management

Learn how to manage and track leads for your AppExchange app. React to different prospect activities, evaluate marketing campaigns efficiency, and launch referral programs.

Why do you need a Apex Selector Layer?

A Selector Layer centralizes SOQL queries, ensuring consistency, FLS, sharing rule enforcement, and easier testing with mocking. It avoids duplication, supports caching, and simplifies updates, making your code cleaner, scalable, and more maintainable.

Feature Parameters in Salesforce AppExchange Applications

Learn how to use Salesforce AppExchange Feature Parameters to manage features, customize pricing and app tiers, and track customer metrics effectively in your managed package.

AppExchange App Support with Subscriber Console

Optimize Salesforce AppExchange app support with the Subscriber Console. Debug issues, manage protected settings, and access managed pakage logs directly on your subscriber’s org.

Salesforce AppExchange Marketplace Analytics

Improve your AppExchange listing with AppExchange Marketplace Analytics. Learn how to track views, leads, installs, and more using Salesforce AppExchange Analytics. Optimize your listings performance and SEO with key insights on visitor behavior and engagement.

Salesforce AppExchange App Analytics

Learn how to utilize AppExchange App Analytics to monitor the usage of your Salesforce AppExchange app. Make informed product roadmap decisions, drive growth and prevent churn. Learn about ready-to-use solutions and build-your-own implementation steps.

How to Publish a Salesforce AppExchange App – Checklist

Learn how to build and publish your app on Salesforce AppExchange with the complete step-by-step AppExchange App Publication Checklist.

Simple Salesforce CICD for Developers

Set up a Salesforce CI/CD pipeline easily! Automate deployments, run tests, and more with our step-by-step guide. Happy coding!

Salesforce OAuth 2.0 Flows: Integrate in the right way

TL;DR I just want to know which flow to use If you re short on time or just want to know what flow is for you, just go here. Introduction Brief Overview OAuth, which stands for Open Authorization, is an open-standard protocol that provides users with secure access to resources on an application, such as Salesforce, […]

Advanced Salesforce LWC debugging with Chrome Developer Tools

LWC debugging and development with Chrome Developer Tools learn how Salesforce LWC developer can debug and develop Lightning Web Components effectively without console.logs.

Beyond If Statements: Ways to avoid IFs – Polish Dreamin’ 24

Code is a representation of business requirements. Business requirements vary for each company, but most of them have an IF-THEN structure. It s quite common to see IF statements in our code. However, an increasing number of IFs can make our code hard to read and understand.

Advanced Promises in LWC

How and when to use Promise.all, allSettled, any, and race in LWC? Check out our latest post about advanced promises!

Future vs Queueable

In Apex, for a long time, a go to Asynchronous method was @Future annotation. Meanwhile, Queueable interface got built up with many useful tools to help developers. Is Queueable better now? Where does it stand in comparison to the @Future? Are there use cases when @Future is still valid? This guide will help you learn everything you need to know about using Asynchronous technologies.

LWC and Apex communication – the Ultimate Guide

See the ultimate guide for LWC and Apex connectivity solutions how to get data, how to use wire and how to refresh cache all in one place!

Salesforce Naming Convention

In programming, naming conventions are crucial for clarity and collaboration. Choose intention-revealing names, avoid ambiguity, and maintain consistency to enhance code readability and convey meaningful context to fellow developers.

Format your code with formatting tool

Code formatting across the project should be consistent. Choose a formatting tool, configure it, and stick to it no matter what.

Do not use Ternary operator to return Boolean

Do not use Ternary operator, since comperation statement returns Boolean.

Refs vs QuerySelector in LWC

We have two ways to query DOM elements in LWC: refs and querySelector. Which one is better? Let’s cover it in this post.

Type Casting in Apex

How Apex type casting works? How to cast List in Apex? How to cast Apex Map? Answers to these questions and much more can be found in this post!

Client Credentials custom Auth. Provider

Do you need to use Client Credentials flow? Or you are just wondering how to create one? Check this step-by-step guide with example on building custom Auth. Provider for Client Credentials. Contains a real life example using PayU API.

Salesforce Flow Considerations

Flows are an amazing automation tool that offers you a lot of possibilities. However it also have a lot of limitations you need to be aware of.

LWC Getters and Setters – The Last Frontier

See best practices, learn when and how to use getters and setters in LWC.

Top 10+ Salesforce deployment errors

Mastering Salesforce deployments can be tricky. Learn how to avoid 10+ common deployment errors with our expert guide. Get started now!

Apex CPU Benchmarking

Have you ever encountered the infamous Apex CPU time limit exception? Check out this post to see how to efficiently measure the performance of your Apex code.

SOQL Lib

The SOQL Lib provides functional constructs for SOQL queries in Apex. Use the SOQL Lib as a Selector Layer on your project.

Static in Apex Salesforce

Static variables are a key aspect of apex programming that can significantly enhance code functionality and efficiency.

First Look on Code Builder

Code Builder is a new IDE created by Salesforce. It is meant to be run entirely in the browser, and comes with the Salesforce Extension pre-installed. Let see how reality looks like!