Development questions
Why should you maintain a "One Trigger Per Object" design pattern?
Salesforce does not guarantee the execution order of multiple triggers on the same object and event. With several triggers, behavior becomes unpredictable and hard to debug.
One trigger per object, delegating to a handler class, gives:
- Deterministic, explicit order of logic
- A single place to manage recursion and bypass
- Easier testing and maintenance
- Logic-less triggers (all logic in classes)
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More Development questions
- What is an Apex Trigger in Salesforce and when should you use it over Flows?
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- Explain all Trigger context variables (isInsert, isUpdate, isDelete, isUndelete, isBefore, isAfter, isExecuting, size, operationType).
- What is the difference between Trigger.new and Trigger.old?
- In which trigger events are Trigger.new and Trigger.newMap available?
- In which trigger events are Trigger.old and Trigger.oldMap available?