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6 Easy-to-Miss Salesforce Code Mistakes

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November 14, 2022

Companies across various industries use Salesforce for marketing, collaboration, sales, and other critical business functions. When developers write codes for Salesforce daily, they may make errors. These mistakes are often hard to detect manually because they require many files to be inspected at once. Standard detection tools that check source file syntax may also miss these errors.

Here is what to look for in a Salesforce code review to ensure your code is free of common errors.

Let’s dig deeper into 6 Easy-to-Miss Salesforce Code Mistakes:

Salesforce Naming Conventions Best Practices
CRUD/FLS Violations
Code Injection Vulnerabilities
Empty Description Boxes
Testing Only Once
Hardcoding

1. Salesforce Naming Conventions Best Practices

Naming conventions for Salesforce are rules that help users identify certain information about Salesforce components. A lack of Salesforce naming conventions can make it difficult for new users to audit fields and understand the context. It’s vital to choose a consistent class naming standard and acronym abbreviation pattern for the description fields and always fill it out.

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2. CRUD/FLS Violations

When there is a CRUD/FLS violation, the object and field-level security permissions can be bypassed. Security bypass is a concern for internal orgs if external users can access sensitive data. CRUD/FLS violations risk customer data leaks.

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3. Code Injection Vulnerabilities

Though open-source libraries such as third-party JavaScript libraries can aid with development, they are a security risk. Companies that bundle third-party libraries with their static resources leave their data vulnerable to code injection. Security flaws in these libraries may remain hidden, risking the integrity of the data.

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4. Empty Description Boxes

Description boxes identify the purpose of each field, so completing description boxes helps users understand their value and determine if the field is necessary. Fill in these areas with concise, consistent, and comprehensible information.

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5. Testing Only Once

Salesforce developers must test the fields in several ways to ensure they work correctly. Though one test may be successful, the other tests may result in failure, indicating the need for further development before shipping to production. Testing identifies potential risks, reduces production bugs, and improves confidence in the final product.

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6. Hardcoding

Hardcoding prevents the apex class name from being modified in the production environment. If a URL is hardcoded in a report, and the production environment sees changes, the URL may stop working. Salesforce developers should avoid hardcoding to prevent this issue.

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