Salesforce Flow Best Practices, Andy Engin Utkan
Best practices in flow revolve around principles that enhance low-code quality, maintainability, and collaboration. Key practices include, but are not limited to, building clear and concise automation with meaningful resource names to improve readability and consistently adhering to standards for uniformity.
Overall, following best practices leads to more efficient and effective automation.
Antipatterns in flow refer to common practices or solutions that may seem beneficial but ultimately lead to poor software design, increased complexity, or maintenance challenges. They are the opposite of best practices and often arise from attempts to solve problems without fully understanding the implications. Recognizing and avoiding antipatterns is crucial for creating clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
While reviewing legacy flow automation is very different from reading and reviewing code, the visual builder flow canvas presents opportunities to spot antipatterns easily.
I gathered the antipatterns I have seen throughout the years and created this session to cover what to do and what not to do when building flows.