161: Apex Tips and Tricks with Oleh Mykytyn

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Do we need both record triggered flows and Apex triggers?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">When it’s best to use Apex over Flow.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If Apex is faster than Flow.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Which is better to maintain. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How easy is it for a developer to pick up the modern version of Flow?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Apex and Flow interact with each other.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Use cases for wrapper classes.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Oleh’s role on Salesforce’s product advisory board.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <