Blogs
Dreamforce Session- Implementing Marketing Cloud and Salesforce in 6 months
For folks in Higher education who are planning to do an implementation in Salesforce and Marketing cloud, this session is a must attend. I am very happy to announce that I will be co-presenting a Dreamforce session along with Cal State on this session. A special thanks to Jake Hornsby who would be presenting with me on this.
How to make the most out of your transition to HEDA: Measure Twice, Cut Once
Whether you are an institution looking to implement Salesforce for the first time, transition off of another CRM or transition from Sales Cloud, Enrollment RX, or Target X chances are you’re looking for a way to make the most of your investment in Salesforce’s Higher Ed Data Architecture. Over the past 2 years I’ve been working with clients to define an approach to HEDA that maximizes their investment in Salesforce and delivers immediate impact to end users. As with all things, they key to success is to plan and then plan some more. In my opinion, considering the following at the beginning of your journey will pay dividends in the end.
Get up and running with React Native SalesforceMobleSDK Project for iOS
A quick step-by-step tutorial.
Common Questions about CSS for Salesforce Lightning
Understanding Styling and UI Best Practices
Changing and Consolidating Picklist (Multi-Select) fields in Salesforce.com
It wasn’t your decision, you warned everyone against it, but not now you are stuck with the dreaded Picklist (Multi-Select) field type and even worse you must clean up and map the existing data values based on new business needs. Where do you start? What do you do?
How AND When to use bind, call, and apply in Javascript
Many posts discuss how to use .bind(), .call(), and .apply() on functions in JavaScript. I thought it would be useful to provide an explanation of how to use the methods and some common use cases.
How Transition from an Admin to a Salesforce Developer
A Roadmap for New Developers with an Admin Background
How to Use React + Webpack for Front End Development in Salesforce Lightning
Introducing react-lightning-template.
How to Copy your Org’s Existing Code to an SFDX Project
Creating an Unmanaged Package to Copy Code from Org to DX
Commonly Made Mistakes when Testing Software on the Salesforce Platform
One of the biggest mistakes when it comes to testing, is assuming that if you cover 100% lines of code you are adequately covered. Just because you have code coverage it does not mean you are covered.
A Realistic Approach to Software Testing on the Salesforce Platform
Chances are that if you’ve developed custom code on your org, you have at least 75% code coverage on the Apex portion of that. Because Salesforce requires that to deploy. But that alone is not a testing strategy for your Org. How much testing should you have? What type of testing should you do? What should you test? These questions are often overlooked when it comes to developing software on the Salesforce Platform.
Summer ’18 for Manufacturing – Sales, Support, Marketing and IT
If you are a manufacturer using Salesforce, this post has summer ’18 features to help you to get more from Salesforce, prevent future problems and provide insights to your users.
Summer ’18 for Higher Ed- Admissions, Marketing, IT and One Stop
If you are a University or Higher Ed institution using Salesforce, this post has Summer ’18 features specific to Higher Ed which will help you get more from Salesforce, prevent problems and provide insights to your users.
Top 5 things to do after running a lightning readiness check during lightning upgrade.
If you are in the process of upgrading to lightning, this post will help you plan what to do after running the readiness report.