Workflow Rules vs Apex Triggers

Developers should learn Workflow Rules when working on Salesforce projects to automate repetitive tasks, enforce data quality, and implement business processes efficiently meets developers should learn apex triggers when building custom applications on the salesforce platform to automate complex business workflows, ensure data integrity, and extend standard salesforce functionality. Here's our take.

Workflow Rules

Nice Pick

Developers should learn Workflow Rules when working on Salesforce projects to automate repetitive tasks, enforce data quality, and implement business processes efficiently

Pros

• Use cases include automatically notifying users of record changes, updating related records based on criteria, or triggering follow-up actions in sales or support workflows
• Related to: salesforce-platform, apex-triggers

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Apex Triggers

Developers should learn Apex Triggers when building custom applications on the Salesforce platform to automate complex business workflows, ensure data integrity, and extend standard Salesforce functionality

Pros

• They are essential for scenarios like validating data before saving, updating related records automatically, or syncing data with external APIs in real-time
• Related to: apex, salesforce-platform

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Workflow Rules is a tool while Apex Triggers is a framework. We picked Workflow Rules based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Workflow Rules wins

Based on overall popularity. Workflow Rules is more widely used, but Apex Triggers excels in its own space.