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.
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 each step blocks the next step.
In a lot of cases, we probably don’t necessarily need to do everything in order. In asynchronous programming, steps can all execute in parallel and/or in really any order.…
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 take the time to read my How To Use Salesforce Custom Settings post. This post covers a lot of the changes and when you should start looking at using Custom MetaData Types.…
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 needs to be changed. Application Settings could be anything really, but often it’s things like an email address, ip address, or even a passkey. For those not already aware, a Salesforce deployment can take hours to finally happen which may cause significant downtime in some businesses. …
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 handle bulk inserts, updates, etc. When adhering to this best practice, it’s really common to use sets, or lists as parameters in functions. Sometimes, there’s a need to convert between lists, or sets, or maybe even maps. …
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.
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 Error Code: UnauthorizedOperation. EC2 Error Message: You are not authorized to perform this operation.”
That’s a pretty annoying error to receive when deploying from Serverless to AWS, but the fix is really pretty simple.
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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. …
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 to program and manage Salesforce is even more daunting. Below I’ve provided you with the best resources I could find on programming Salesforce. Before jumping into learning to program apex, I recommend you…
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 would think you could simply create a cookie in JavaScript and then read it in Apex using the exact same name as the cookie, but that’s not exactly the case. Cookies that need…
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 that could be dynamically querying objects based on a mapping that the admin had supplied and had stored in custom settings. Originally, I was querying to see if the field existed and returning…
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.
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: 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 and really mastering the development environment. Kevin Poorman’s “Mastering Application Development with Force.com” covers a lot of different parts of Salesforce’s Force.com platform that aren’t well covered elsewhere.
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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 it’s meant for your internal users or on a force.com site. jQuery is usually used for manipulating elements in the DOM, animation or even event handling. Usually, I use it for doing some in…
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 could be done on what was actually stored in Salesforce’s Datastore. Surprisingly, there’s no way method on the sObject that let’s you tell what’s actually been queried or set. So without further ado,…
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 parts of the Salesforce / Force.com platform isn’t actually available until a user has been authenticated. A few weeks ago, I began studying for Admin Certifications, and was fortunate to find this photo…
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: 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 the Salesforce platform and does a wonderful job of providing examples and providing a reference that will be useful in the future. Phil Weinmeister has done a phenomenal job putting together some different…
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. Under the hood, it’s a giant collection of handy reusable bits of code written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. By incorporating Bootstrap into Visualforce pages we are able to some pretty good looking…