Vivek M. ChawlaDanny Chang

Squash Bugs with theApex Debugger

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@VivekMChawla @DannySFDC

Danny ChangAssociate ISV Technical

Evangelist

Vivek M. ChawlaSenior ISV Technical

Evangelist

Agenda

• What is the Apex Debugger?

• Setup and Start a Debugging Session

• Demo – Apex Debugger in Action

• Special Considerations and the Debugger Roadmap

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What is the Apex Debugger?

Advantages of an Interactive Debugger

SetBreakpoints

Single-Step Execution

View Variables & Call Stack

Debug Logs vs. Interactive Debugging

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Sandbox Orgs

The Two Flavors of Apex Debugger

Standard Apex Debugger ISV Customer Debugger

Sandbox Orgs

ISV (License Management Org) ISV Customer (Production Org)Production Org

ISVDeveloper

CustomerDeveloper

1DebugLicense 01ISV Debug

License

Setup and Start a Debugging Session

Set up the Apex Debugger

1. Make sure your org has access to the Apex Debugger

2. Install or update the Force.com IDE plug-in for Eclipse

3. Create a permission set for Apex Debugger users

Start a Debugging Session

1. Create project and connect to your sandbox org

2. Create a new Debug Configuration and apply to your project

3. Launch the Debug Configuration

Start an ISV Customer Debugging Session

Drag the Debug Icon from setup to Eclipse

“Login as” Customer from Subscriber Console

Navigate to the Apex Debugger setup page

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Demo – Apex Debugger in Action

Special Considerations andthe Debugger Roadmap

Special Considerations when Using the Debugger

• Debugging allowed on Sandbox pods only

• No support for asynchronous code

• Certain actions will kill your debugging session– Any action that recompiles metadata– Installing / uninstalling a package

• Beware of orphaned sessions

Apex Debugger Roadmap

Debug Against Scratch Orgs

Allow Debugging From Other IDEs

Keep Expanding Access