What Should You Check During Salesforce Testing?
With any custom application development, ensuring your Salesforce customizations are of high quality and functioning as intended is critical to the project’s success. This is where having a robust quality assurance (QA) process comes in:
The benefits of thoroughly testing your Salesforce applications are:
Identifying and resolve issues early in the development process.
Reducing the risk of errors and bugs.
Ensuring your applications are performing reliably and consistently.
What should you consider testing when setting up a Salesforce testing plan?
There are five key areas we recommend you pay attention to:
1/ Business Logic
Test the business logic of your customizations to ensure it's working as intended. This may include testing workflows via flows and Apex triggers, validation rules, and other business processes.
2/ Apex Code
Test the Apex code you've written to ensure it's working as expected. Use unit tests to test individual pieces of code, and integration tests to test the interactions between different pieces of code.
3/ Data
Test the data your application is working with. This may include testing how your application handles large volumes of data, and how it handles different types of data.
4/ Security
Test the security of your application to ensure it is protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access. This may include testing user permissions, sharing rules, and other security features.
5/ Integrations
Test any integrations your application has with external systems. This may include testing how your application handles data coming from external sources, as well as testing how your application sends data to external systems.
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Tim is a Salesforce developer, software engineer, and machine learning expert.