Force.com Best Practices - APEX

Force.com Best Practices:

Apex

·         Since Apex is case insensitive you can write it however you'd like. However, to increase readability, follow Java capitalization standards and use two spaces instead of tabs for indentation.

·         Use Asynchronous Apex (@future annotation) for logic that does not need to be executed synchronous.

·         Asynchronous Apex should be "bulkified".

·         Apex code must provide proper exception handling.

·         Prevent SOQL and SOSL injection attacks by using static queries, binding variables or the escapeSingleQuotes method.

·         When querying large data sets, use a SOQL "for" loop

·         Use SOSL over SOQL where possible - it's much faster.

·         Use Apex Limits Methods to avoid hitting governor exceptions.

·         No SOQL or SOSL queries inside loops

·         No DML statements inside loops

·         No Async (@future) methods inside loops

·         Do not use hardcoded IDs