Why Test in Salesforce?
Learning Objectives
After completing this unit, you’ll be able to:
- Explain why testing in Salesforce is necessary.
- Describe the five levels of testing in Salesforce.
- Explain best practices for developing a testing plan.
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Test in Salesforce
If your organization uses Salesforce, chances are you have some customized apps, and those need to be tested for quality. Provar points out that the goal of testing is to learn and uncover information about your product so that you can deliver with confidence. So here’s why you need to test in Salesforce.
- Testing ensures your code is functional.
- Testing helps you catch any issues early.
- Testing helps you make sure any custom apps will deploy properly into your org.
Salesforce applications must undergo five levels of testing. Learn more about these tests before you begin your Salesforce testing journey.
While these types of tests can be done manually, doing so can be expensive and inefficient. There are tools, like Provar Automation, that automate these processes and can address some challenges with testing on the Salesforce Platform. We talk about these in the next unit.
It’s important to remember that developers and testers must have a comprehensive understanding of the customized apps that are being developed in Salesforce. You can’t successfully test what you aren’t familiar with, right? Also, testing should occur in a Salesforce sandbox environment.
Tips for Salesforce Testing
Although there are a number of challenges to be faced when testing in Salesforce, you are now armed with the knowledge you need to make your testing a success! Now let’s uncover some of the most common challenges to this testing and how to successfully overcome them.