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The Apex Master Class

The Apex Master Class: a free, ordered Salesforce Apex tutorial series that takes you from no experience writing code at all to being able to write high quality production grade code.

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The Apex Master Class What Does a Salesforce Developer Do? (Apex Master Class Ep. 1) Why Start Here? Welcome to the very first episode of the Apex Master Class! Before we write a single line of code, I want to spend… 29 Mar 2022 6 min

The Apex Master Class How to Set Up a Free Salesforce Developer Org (Master Class Ep. 2) Why You Need Your Own Org Welcome back to the Apex Master Class! In the last episode we talked about what you can actually expect to… 30 Mar 2022 4 min

The Apex Master Class What Is the Apex Programming Language? (Master Class Ep. 3) What Even Is Apex? Now that you’ve got your own free org from the last episode, let’s talk about the language you’re going to be writing… 1 Nov 2021 5 min

The Apex Master Class What Is an IDE? (Apex Master Class Ep. 4) What Does IDE Even Stand For? Now that we know what Apex is, let’s talk about where you’re going to write it. And the answer is… 4 Nov 2021 4 min

The Apex Master Class Set Up VS Code for Salesforce Development (Master Class Ep. 5) Why Visual Studio Code? In the last episode I tried to convince you that you need an IDE. Now let’s get one installed. We’re starting with… 12 Oct 2020 3 min

The Apex Master Class Set Up IntelliJ and Illuminated Cloud for Salesforce (Ep. 6) The Salesforce IDE Options In the last episode we set up VS Code. Today I want to show you my personal favourite, which is IntelliJ paired… 8 Sep 2020 3 min

The Apex Master Class What Is an Apex Class? (Apex Master Class Ep. 7) What Is A Class? Welcome back! Now that you’ve got an IDE set up, it’s time to actually make something. Today: what an Apex class is,… 8 Nov 2021 4 min

The Apex Master Class What Are Variables in Apex? (Master Class Ep. 8) What Is A Variable? Welcome back! Last time we made an empty Apex class. Today we start putting things in it, beginning with variables. Simply put,… 11 Nov 2021 4 min

The Apex Master Class Primitive Data Types in Apex (Master Class Ep. 9) What Makes A Data Type “Primitive”? Welcome back! Last episode we covered variables. Today we’re going one level deeper into the types those variables can be,… 15 Nov 2021 4 min

The Apex Master Class Non-Primitive Data Types in Apex (Master Class Ep. 10) What Are Non-Primitive Data Types? Short answer: anything that isn’t on the primitive list. Seriously, that’s the definition. Last episode we went through the twelve primitive… 18 Nov 2021 4 min

The Apex Master Class What Is Variable Scope in Apex? (Master Class Ep. 11) What Is Variable Scope? This one’s a quick lesson, but do not skip it, because if you don’t understand scope you are going to spend a… 29 Nov 2021 4 min

The Apex Master Class What Is a Method in Apex? (Master Class Ep. 12) What Is A Method? I’ve been saying “method” for about four episodes now while cheerfully never defining it. Let’s fix that. Back in episode 7 we… 2 Dec 2021 4 min