Programming
HTTP Status Codes Explained
As part of the HTTP protocol HTTP Status Codes are returned to allow software to easily identify what the problem is and what they should do in response.
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Programming
Asynchronous Programming in Salesforce
What is Asynchronous Programming? In synchronous programming, each step is performed one after the previous one is finished executing. This means that…
Salesforce
Introducing Salesforce’s Custom MetaData Types
Quite a while ago, Salesforce introduced some very significant changes to custom settings. If you aren’t sure what custom settings are please…
Programming
How to Use Salesforce Custom Settings
When developing on Salesforce’s force.com platform it’s essential to avoid hardcoding application settings because a deployment will be required every time something…
Programming
Apex: Converting Lists to Sets, and Sets To Lists
As many Salesforce Apex programmers know, in Salesforce it’s pretty much an unchallenged best practice that all code should be able to…
Cloud Computing
Configuring the Serverless Framework to Work with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
onnecting the Serverless Framework to AWS is pretty painless once we have downloaded our credentials from AWS. In this blog post, we'll touch on how to get our AWS API credentials, configure serverless and set up a project for it.
Programming
AWS/ Serverless Fixing AccessDeniedException
“Unhandled rejection AccessDeniedException: Your access has been denied by EC2, please make sure your function execution role have permission to CreateNetworkInterface. EC2…
Salesforce
Everything you need to know about creating Tasks in Salesforce Apex
Salesforce task records are basically action items or items on a to-do list. Tasks are commonly logged against relevant records like a Lead, Opportunity, Contact, or Account. Sometimes, depending, on your organization's data model it may also make sense to log tasks against custom objects. In this post, we cover how to automatically create a task in Apex.
Programming
5 Incredible Resources For Learning to Program Salesforce
Salesforce is an incredibly large and customizable platform with hundreds of different features. Learning to use Salesforce can be difficult, but learning…
Programming
How to read cookies set by JavaScript in a Salesforce Apex Class
I recently had a requirement to have JavaScript create a cookie and then read it in later by an Apex class. You…
Programming
Apex: How to Dynamically Tell if a Salesforce Field Exists
Lately, I’ve been working on a lot of dynamic apex and soql. I had a requirement to develop a custom appexchange app…
JavaScript
Avoiding Globals in JavaScript
JavaScript uses functions as the primary way to define scope any variable defined inside of a function is in the local scope. A variable defined outside of a function is in the global scope.
Programming
How to have a Visualforce Page Download as a pdf
When creating applications it's a pretty common request to be able to create a formatted report or file in pdf file format. For the most part, most customized pages and data can be easily converted into a PDF file without having to make many changes. In Salesforce, we can change customized Visualforce pages to create a pdf file by using the renderAs property and set the value to pdf.
Book Review
Book Review: Mastering Application Development with Force.com
A few weeks ago, I saw a post on Twitter about Kevin Poorman releasing a new book about programming in Salesforce Apex…
Salesforce
Using jQuery in Visualforce
jQuery is one of the most utilized JavaScript libraries and can be easily be integrated into any visualforce page regardless of whether…
Salesforce
Apex How to Get a List of Fields Set on an sObject
I recently had a requirement to dynamically determine what fields had been set or queried on a sObject, so that a comparison…
Salesforce
Security in Salesforce
Salesforce has quite a bit of built in security; and has lots of security features that can be customized. Access to most…
JavaScript
Node.js & Environment Variables
Environment variables, also known as env, allow us to have applications we build behave differently based on the environment that they are running in. Well designed applications use environment variables and allow us to rapidly deploy to new environments.
Book Review
Book Review: Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code
Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code written by Phil Weinmeister has been recently released. I think the book really targets those new to…
Programming
How to use Bootstrap In Visualforce
Bootstrap is a free and really popular open source CSS framework that works pretty well for designing responsive websites and web applications.…