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Andrew Fawcett
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Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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Unit testing versus system testing

When it comes to testing the Apex code, we know the drill: write good tests to cover your code, assert its behavior, and obtain at least 75 percent coverage. Force.com will not allow you to upload packaged code unless you obtain this amount or higher. You also have to cover your Apex Trigger code, even if it's only a single line, as you will soon see is the case with the implementation of the Apex Triggers in this book.

However, when it comes to unit testing, what Force.com currently lacks, however, is a mocking framework to permit more focused and isolated testing of the layers, mentioned in the previous sections, without having to set up all the records needed to execute the code you want to test. This starts to make your Apex tests feel more like system-level tests, having to execute the full functional stack each time.

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Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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