Why You Need to Understand Salesforce Anti-Patterns
Salesforce anti-patterns tell us about the kinds of systematic mistakes that make their way into many Salesforce projects, mistakes that can even seem like a good idea at the time of implementation but end up having serious drawbacks in the long run. We will learn the most common of these mistakes and how to think about them throughout this book. However, to do so, we must first really understand what anti-patterns are and how understanding them can help us architect and design better systems.
In consequence, this chapter will start by explaining what anti-patterns are by going through a number of different definitions and ways of looking at them. You will then learn how they can help you deepen your understanding of architecture by knowing how these common mistakes are made and how they can seem like a good idea at the time. We then finish the chapter by explaining the book and the ways in which you can approach the content.
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:
- Understanding anti-patterns
- Where do anti-patterns come from?
- How can anti-patterns deepen your architecture skills?
- Learning about anti-patterns from an example
