Apex Development with Salesforce Extensions

The Salesforce Extension Pack comes with a large set of tools for writing, testing, refactoring, and debugging your Apex code. In-app assistance makes it easy for low-code developers and admins to write, test, and debug Apex code.

• Quick Start with Apex Development: Learn how to create Apex classes, test classes, and triggers in VS Code.
• Apex Language Server: Use the included Apex Language Server to access Apex code editing capabilities.
• Tools for Writing Apex Code: Learn more about the Apex code editing capabilities in VS Code.
• Use Anonymous Apex: Create and run an Anonymous Apex script in VS Code.
• Test Apex Code: Run Apex tests and check code coverage in VS Code.
• Refactor Your Apex Code: Rename Apex types and extract constants and local variables.
• Debug Apex Code: Learn about the different debugging tools available to Apex developers.
• Sample Apex Tasks: Check out meaningful Apex code examples in the Apex Recipes Github repository.

• Apex Developer Guide
• Salesforce DX Developer Guide
• Trailhead: Apex Triggers
• Trailhead: Find and Fix Bugs with Apex Replay Debugger

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