HelloWorldAccountTrigger.apex
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Chapter 4: Best Practices for Writing Apex - Getting Started with Apex
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This Apex trigger is part of a simple scenario in which Apex is used to update a custom account field named Hello with the text "World" every time a new account is created.
To use this code in your own organization, you'll first need to define a custom text field named Hello on the Account object.
trigger helloWorldAccountTrigger on Account (before insert) {
MyHelloWorld.addHelloWorld(Trigger.new);
}
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