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Programming

What is Model View Controller (MVC)?

The Model-View-Controller pattern is a powerful way to structure an application and provide clear separation of concerns between different components.

November 1, 2022
Programming

I’m Writing a Book!

I'm really excited to announce that I am writing a book on Lightning Web Component development for Packt Publishing.

October 16, 2022
Programming

How to Document a Database

A database is a crucial part of any software system, storing and managing the data that powers your applications. In order to ensure the longevity, maintainability, and reliability of your database, it is essential to document it thoroughly.

October 4, 2022
Programming

Using RegEx in Salesforce Apex

Regular expressions, also known as RegEx, are a powerful tool that can be used to search, match, and manipulate strings in various programming languages.

September 20, 2022
Salesforce Lightning
Programming

Are Salesforce Lightning Components (Aura) dead?

No! Salesforce Lightning Components (Aura Components) are likely to live on for quite a few years. I do think that the Lightning Web Component will eventually lead to the Lightning Component falling out of use.

August 9, 2022
Salesforce Lightning
Programming

Should I still be building Lightning Components?

There is no requirement right now to completely rebuild Aura components because Aura and Lightning Web Components can work together. They are completely interoperable.

August 2, 2022
Programming

REST API Architecture 101

The API architecture is made up of four different layers: the Interaction Layer, Integrational Layer, Application Layer, and Information Management Layer (databases).

July 11, 2022
Programming

7 Tips for Writing Better API Documentation

If an API isn’t documented, the chance of it being consumed by other developers is incredibly low. For a very long time, companies like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Apple were dominant players in technology. They were dominant players because they had a compelling product and great documentation.

July 10, 2022
Programming

Establishing an API First Approach

An API First Approach implies that the API is a first class citizen. The API is developed with the goal of API consumption in mind. The API is our point of differentiation.

July 9, 2022
Programming

What is an API program?

An API program is a plan that a company has developed to market, support and monetize a public API. There are thousands - maybe even tens of thousands of companies with public and open APIs.

July 8, 2022
Programming

5 Differences Between REST & SOAP

REST and SOAP are different ways of transmitting data between two different systems via an API. REST is a set of architectural principles. SOAP is a protocol maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium.

July 7, 2022
Programming

What are unified APIs?

A unified API is an abstraction that allows us to combine APIs for multiple providers – giving us one place to access all of their endpoints.

July 6, 2022
Programming

7 Common API Development Terms

When building and maintaining APIs there are a lot of different terminology that you need to be aware of. This isn't a complete list, but it's enough to make you dangerous.

July 5, 2022
NetSuite

4 Reasons why ERP Implementations Fail

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementations often fail. Most ERP implementations fail the first time around OR go dramatically over budget or take longer than expected.

July 4, 2022
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Programming

Creating a Custom Salesforce REST API Endpoint

Apex classes and methods can be exposed to external applications as REST based endpoints. This means that there's a very easy way to have an external application make a direct call into Salesforce to do a specific action.

July 2, 2022