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Salesforce Beats other CRMs with its Testing Architecture
Why Enforce Testing?
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For this reason, the Salesforce CRM beats other CRMs because it is one of the few applications that not only
encourages a test-drive development, it enforces it. 75% of APEX code written in a Force.com application must
be covered by unit tests before it can be deployed to production. This forces testing to become a planned activity
during development, rather than a careless afterthought.
The Testing Methodology
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Salesforce provides its own testing framework. Here, developers can write test cases for their own code to check
for bugs. Developers can implement test code with either Test Classes – code written solely for testing – or Test
Methods. Even though you are limited by your licensing agreements on how much resources you can use, the
Test Classes approach does not count against your organizational limit for APEX code. So you’re free to test until
you’re confident in your own code without worrying about breaching your organizational limit.
As those in the military say, “The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in war!” The same goes for
software development. While we’re all in a rush to get our CRM application up and running, any bugs or errors
left undiscovered in the development process can come back to haunt us later.
Test Data Made Easy
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The result is an innovative and creative approach to software testing methodology. By writing code to set up the
“test data” and using it within the test method, running the test and deleting the test data can be completely
automated. This relieves a lot of the discomfort and headaches of creating, running, and deleting your own test
data. Also, the test method never commits anything to your database, so there’s no need to worry about
deleting it later.

2. A Future Lifesaver
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While this may seem like a small improvement, testing is important. The life of your developer is made easier
with Salesforce’s testing architecture. Not only will the developer no longer have to worry about getting stuck
with the blame for any errors, but the testing method goes a long way in improving the quality from the ground
up of the overall application.
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Salesforce Beats other CRMs with its Testing Architecture