Hey nerds (yes, you amazing ones @ work) — let’s talk career upgrades.If you work in the Salesforce ecosystem, you probably already know this truth: Knowing Apex isn’t enough anymore — mastering integrations is what separates Juniors from Seniors. That’s where Integration Mastery, a live cohort by Igor Kudryk, comes in. I’ve been following Igor’s […]
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Request Loop: there’s a new free app in (AppExchange) town
A new AppExchange app by WebResults (Engineering Group) Question: What happens if you put a messy Salesforce MVP in charge of the Innovation Team of WebResults? Answer: a lot of mess for sure, but also funny stuff! TL;DR Request Loop is a new free AppExchange app delivered by the Innovation Team from WebResults to help […]
Who needs so many records?
Today’s post has been written by Nikos Mitrakis, the creator of Forceea, an amazing Data Factory Framework for Salesforce.Some facts about Nikos: – Salesforce Developer at Johnson & Johnson EMEA Development Centre (EDC)– Started his Salesforce journey in 2014– Has passed 13 certifications, including Application & System Architect– Holds a Physics degree– Married since 1994, […]
How to create an Apex reusable Data Factory Library using Forceea Templates
Today’s post has been written by Nikos Mitrakis, the creator of Forceea, an amazing Data Factory Framework for Salesforce. Some facts about Nikos: – Salesforce Developer at Johnson & Johnson EMEA Development Centre (EDC) – Started his Salesforce journey in 2014 – Has passed 10 certifications, including Certified Application Architect – Holds a Physics degree […]
[Salesforce] Handle encryption and decryption with Apex Crypto class and CrypoJS
One of the easiest Javascript libraries for encryption I usually adopt is CryptoJS, quick setup and good support for most algorithms. But I got an headache trying to make it talk with Salesforce, this was due to my relatively low encryption-topics training but also to a specific way Salesforce handles encryption. I was surprised that […]
[Salesforce / Apex] Handling constants on classes
Few days ago I was thinking about optimizing the use of constants (usually of String type) inside projects to avoid proliferation of public static final String declarations on various classes (with a limited control over duplicates) but giving at the same time developers a way to increase readability of constants in their code. The reason […]
[Salesforce / Apex] Forceea data factory framework: a new approach to an old problem
This week’s guest post is a cool technical post about Apex Tests by Nikos Mitrakis. Apex Tests are perceived as the hated necessity by most Salesforce developers: they are really important to keep high code quality levels but they are not the most fun part of coding with Salesforce. I casually discovered Nikos through his […]
[Salesforce / Apex] Cleanse your data with super powers: Execute Anonymous Batch
Warning: use this only if you have super powers and you know exactly what you are going to do! Developers are always lazy people, they prefer (love) writing scripts to handle data cleansing. I rarely use Data Loader or massive CSV updates using other tools if I can, I always prefer to write my own […]
[Salesforce / Einstein] Playing around with apples and Einstein Prediction APIs
The machines are not going to rule humanity…for now. So don’t be afraid of AI in your daily job as Awesome Developer / Admin / Adminloper. A new revolution has come in the CRM world and Salesforce leads it as usual. Einstein is AI brought to our beloved CRM platform, in may ways: enriches your […]
[Salesforce] The Sobject Crusade: ApexTrigger
Source: ApexTrigger The ApexClass is the most beloved object for Salesforce Developers. It identifies a specific Apex Class, so you can query for Classes runtime. Note that, even if the describe states that the ApexTrigger is creatable and updatable, an exception is thrown if you try to insert/update via API a trigger: use the tooling […]