Can anybody explain how I can run a process in the background of my apex app while continuing to use the app.
For example I want to run a long update from the frontend but it takes while, so instead of waiting for it to finish, I want to continue working while it runs in the background and when it is completed then I am notified.
Please note at all this is happening in the application, when I say continue to work, I mean continue to work in the application (frontend) and not the apex development section.
Thank you for your time!
You would want to use a job to run the long running update or whatever code you need to run. A good example of how to set this up can be seen in this article.