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While working as a Salesforce developer, I recently fixed an issue related to the input product pricing field data type. In the Salesforce application, there was a lightning component where the user could enter the product price, and by default, the input field was a string. To perform calculations with the entered value, such as … Read more >>>
Recently, I fixed a bug in a custom Salesforce Application where users had the option to turn off/on notifications. The preferences are stored as strings in a custom field on a User_Preference__c object. The possible values for this field are “true” or “false.” I had to convert these string values to Boolean values for the … Read more >>>
As a Salesforce Developer, I was required to display the details of the currently logged-in user, such as their name, email, and profile, in Salesforce. This feature might be used in a dashboard where users can see their account information. To achieve this requirement, I developed an Apex class that retrieves current user details. Here, … Read more >>>
While working on a Salesforce development project, I was debugging an Apex class that was supposed to update an account record based on its ID, but I kept encountering an “Invalid ID” error. Then, I tested and validated a string conversion to an ID type in the developer console to ensure the conversion logic worked … Read more >>>
In a recent Salesforce development task, I worked on a Salesforce application that required me to collect customer information through a web form. One of the fields in this form is the customer’s preferred appointment date, which is submitted as a string. I had to convert the string to the date data type to save … Read more >>>
In Salesforce, Apex is a programming language used to work with the UI and data model in the org. Apex is designed to solve complex business logic that we cannot complete using a declarative approach. In this tutorial, I will explain variables and data types in Salesforce Apex, as well as various data types and … Read more >>>
The organization where I work as a Salesforce developer has a global Salesforce implementation with users in multiple time zones. When scheduling tasks or reminders, it’s crucial to ensure that each user creates these events at the correct local time. When a user logs in to Salesforce, the system must display the current time and … Read more >>>
Recently, while building a custom class for user input in my Salesforce org, where I was customizing the fields for the Contact object, I noticed a custom field ‘age’ in the contact that stores the data in string format. I had to convert this string data into an integer to make it convenient to validate … Read more >>>
I recently started a new role as a Salesforce Developer at a small startup consultancy. For the first time, I had to set up Visual Studio Code for Salesforce. VS Code is the most appealing option due to its suite of Salesforce add-ons and SFDX integrations. Here, I will explain how to connect VS Code to … Read more >>>
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