161: Apex Tips and Tricks with Oleh Mykytyn

Oleh Mykytyn is the strategic relationship director at the Salesforce partner company Red Tag. Oleh has always had a knack for computers and coding and fit right in with Salesforce after winning a hoodie in 2014 for finishing five badges. In 2017, Oleh was a part of the team that began the Salesforce Developer Group in the Ukraine. Recently, Oleh had a presentation on Apex and record triggered flows, where he discussed which is better.

In this episode, we dive into Oleh’s latest presentation topic, beginning with the question, do we need both Apex and record triggered flows? Oleh answers when it’s best to use Apex over Flow, which one’s faster, which one’s better to maintain, and more. We also touch on use cases for wrapper classes and Oleh’s role on the Salesforce product advisory board.

Show Highlights:

• Do we need both record triggered flows and Apex triggers?
• When it’s best to use Apex over Flow.
• If Apex is faster than Flow.
• Which is better to maintain. 
• How easy is it for a developer to pick up the modern version of Flow?
• How Apex and Flow interact with each other.
• Use cases for wrapper classes.
• Oleh’s role on Salesforce’s product advisory board.

Links:

• Follow Oleh on Twitter
• Follow Oleh on LinkedIn
• Follow Oleh on Github
• salesforceben.com/what-is-wrapper-class-in-salesforce
• redtag.pro/blog/keeping-up-with-salesforce-leaders-worldwide

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