06/28/2019Salesforce, like many major platforms with individual purposes, employs a native programming language uniquely tailored it its needs. Apex—Salesforce’s language—is similar to Java, while also possessing a number of custom features specifically for the Salesforce environment. The Apex Developer Guide calls Apex a 'strongly typed, object-oriented programming language that allows developers to execute flow and transaction control statements on the Lightning platform server in conjunction with calls to the Lightning Platform​ API.” While that description may seem intimidating, it’s not as scary as it seems—let’s take a quick tour of Apex fundamentals.Emily Peterson 1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...