Testing is an integral part of the Salesforce development platform. This landing page links to several other pages about testing on the Salesforce platform.

Testing Article List

• Testing Strategies – Why you should have tests and how to plan your tests
• Testing Utility Class – Writing re-usable testing code ^{Coming Soon}
• Test Structure and How-To – How to write a test and how to ensure your tests are working ^{Coming Soon}
• Testing Controller Extensions – How to test controller extensions and VisualForce ^{Coming Soon}
• Testing Custom Settings – How to test code that relies on custom settings ^{Coming Soon}
• Testing Exceptions – How to test exceptions in your code ^{Coming Soon}
• Testing WebServices with SoapUI – How to test custom WebServices outside of Salesforce ^{Coming Soon}

Additional Reading

Intro to Apex: Auto converting leads in a trigger

SFDC 99 How to Write a Test Class

SFDC 99 Principles of a Good Test Class