[Salesforce / Apex] Let’s play with Named Credentials and OAuth 2.0

Few days ago I was lurking in the Named Credentials configurations. What are named credentials? Here are the official docs. They are essentially a way to store callout configurations such as: Endpoint (only HTTPs endpoints are supported) Callout certificate (if needed, from the local key store) Authentication protocol (if needed) Authentication settings With named credentials […]

[Salesforce / Visualforce] Input Lookup Custom Component

Have you ever needed a VisualForce lookup input field without using a lookup field from another “fake” object? I did, and now I have an easy to use VisualForce component that does the trick (almost all the trick). Here is the GitHub repository that contains the component. The components simply replicates what the standard lookup […]

[Salesforce / Trailhead] Christmas Trailhead Gifts

Have you been a good or a bad boy this year? It doesn’t matter to TrailheadClaus, so he put new modules under the tree for you! At first we have a new trail for advanced administrators. This includes Event Monitoring and Lightning Connect modules and the new Advanced Formulas module. This module explains advanced features […]

[Salesforce / Amazon Echo] Integrate Alexa with Salesforce

Among the #swag I got from my colleagues from their trip to DreamForce 15, there was a pearl: Amazon Echo, well known as Alexa. The first (funny) thing I wanted to do was to make it (her) speak italian, and believe me it was as fun as learning how to use the Alexa Skill Kit: […]

[Salesforce / Custom Settings] How and Why

This is a beginner’s guide to Custom Settings, that shows a practical way of using all the features they convey. For TL;DR people, this is the GitHub repository of the example. One of the greatest pros of the Force.com platform is the extraordinary quick development phase: even when you are under continous software development, you […]

[Salesforce / Lightning] Create your own Lightning Progress Bar

This is a repost from the article I wrote for the Salesforce Developer Blog. Have you ever wanted a progress bar in your linghtning app? I have and so I came up with a simple bootstrap library wrap up. Following the successful Lightning series, I’m going to show you how I’ve made a simple Lightning Component […]