Apex JavaScript Lambda
This is a callable class that runs ad-hoc JavaScript from Salesforce.
Stateless Apex Intents
Separating business logic from intended DML side effects in bulk service invocations.
JWT with RSA-SHA512 in Apex
Using expressive Apex to implement JSON web tokens with RSA signatures.
Accounting Essentials – Part 6
Retained Income means a balanced Balance Sheet.
Accounting Essentials – Part 5
The difference between Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
Building a KeySet from any field
The fastest way to reduce fields to string sets without using loops.
Accounting Essentials – Part 4
How to code a journal from a business event.
Accounting Essentials – Part 3
The five (not five hundred) essential columns for tracking money.
Accounting Essentials – Part 2
In Part 1 we entered a deposit from a customer into a table. This article covers the additional dimensions that support a bare bones accounting system.
Accounting Essentials – Part 1
If you or your dev team need to track money, these are the essentials. You don't need hundreds of objects and thousands of columns.
Connected Apps FAQ
Usage and lifecycle points for admins and ISV developers.
How to serialize a Flow
Pause a flow and access its state in Apex to store and retry problematic interviews, or split them into durable parts.
Sankey animation
Near real-time metrics.
Stream Reports to Flow
Run a report, then stream each result row into a Flow.
From CSV into Flow
Stream a CSV file directly into Flow and catch any errors for later reprocessing.
Callable in API 44.0
Using this new system interface for testable asynchronous services.
Streams for Apex
Streams are asynchronous event pipelines that give your code increased limits and the ability to recover from any error.
Sneaky dynamic method invoke – Part 2
Use the StubProvider interface to decouple execution.
Beyond Experiments
Salesforce caters to an ecosystem where upfront discovery and experiments cost very little. Unfortunately... everything else remains expensive
Server-side image generation on SFDC
Live visualizations with mini components.
Time To Change
Businesses don't care if you think clicks are good and code is bad. They care about running a business and keeping it running.
Submitting multiple records to Flows
List Button mass actions do work natively in Flows. No extra components are needed to inject the selected records.
Building it again takes ⅒ the time. Why?
Why... when we 'build it again' does it take a lot less time?
Amazon Web Services SDK for Apex
Use apex code to build robust applications and software using Amazon services like S3 and EC2.
Data Migration Godmode
Data migration processes should be reliable and repeatable. Use Apache Ant to automatically initialize the environment with appropriate CRUD, FLS, Record Types and Picklist Values.
Running Apex code from Apache Ant
Using an Ant script, it's possible to call Execute Anonymous from the Tooling API.
Snapshot all Salesforce metadata with Ant
Download the entire metadata contents of any org for backup or source control purposes using Ant.
Destroy all Salesforce Metadata with Ant
Reset any org to a clean state by applying destructive changes to the entire metadata contents .
Sneaky dynamic method invoke – Part 1
Using toString() is one sneaky way to make a cross-package method call in Apex code without the need for custom interfaces or compile-time package dependencies.
Edit custom metadata synchronously
Custom Metadata records can be created, updated and deleted synchronously using Apex web services. This is simple and responsive for interactive scenarios.
Flying an IOT Helicopter using Streaming API
Non-serious integration with a mini helicopter using Node.js and streaming API. Valid commands are generated using declarative formulas.
