TrailheaDX Global Gathering 2017!
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
On Thursday July 27th, my local user group, the Lehigh Valley Salesforce Developer Group, participated in the TrailheaDX Global Gathering #tdx17. TrailheaDX is Salesforce’s main developer conference for the year. While the main event occurred at the end of June, over the last few weeks, over 200 user groups from around the world have been holding their own events as part of the TrailheaDX Global Gathering. Our event kicked off as we do each month, with some pizza, drinks, and great conversation. It was amazing to see the turnout for the global event. We had several new attendees and we hope th ..read more
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Interesting Interaction Between inlineHelpText and JSINHTMLENCODE()
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
If you have ever worked on more complicated Javascript on the Salesforce platform, you may have utilized the JSINHTMLENCODE() function. According to the docs, the JSINHTMLENCODE() function: Encodes text and merge field values for use in JavaScript inside HTML tags by replacing characters that are reserved in HTML with HTML entity equivalents and inserting escape characters before unsafe JavaScript characters. JSINHTMLENCODE(someValue) is a convenience function that is equivalent to JSENCODE(HTMLENCODE((someValue)). That is, JSINHTMLENCODE first encodes someValue with HTMLENCODE, and then enco ..read more
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Simple Trick to Immediately Improve for New Developers
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
I’ve written before about writing clean code and being a software professional, both of which are large contributors to becoming a better developer. However, today I want to talk about 1 small thing new developers can do to immediately improve their capabilities in the eyes of their peers. That one thing is consistency! This might seem like such a silly thing, but before you click away, hear me out. The most important part of software development tends to happen after the initial piece of functionality is written. The reality is a large part of an application’s cost is spent during maintenance ..read more
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ApexMocks with Stub API
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
At Dreamforce ’16, I gave a presentation with David Frudd and John Leen on the Stub API and how it works with ApexMocks. Apex provides a stub API for implementing a mocking framework. A mocking framework has many benefits. It can streamline and improve testing and help you create faster, more reliable tests. You can use it to test classes in isolation, which is important for unit testing. Building your mocking framework with the stub API can also be beneficial because stub objects are generated at runtime. Because these objects are generated dynamically, you don’t have to package and deploy t ..read more
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Beyond Trailhead – Apex Testing
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
Trailhead is an interactive learning path through the basic building blocks of the Salesforce1 Platform. Test your knowledge of the platform while earning points and badges to celebrate your achievements. All of this is broken down into different modules, making it easy for every developer to learn Salesforce in a few hour chunks. This series will follow a different module each post, giving a comprehensive analysis of the module. The focus of this post will be on expanding what is taught in the module into greater depth and taking your experience beyond Trailhead and into more actual Salesforc ..read more
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Salesforce Lightning Week Rocked!
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
There was a fantastic turn out to Salesforce Lightning Week world wide! So many people learning Lightning at once was fantastic. Watching the #golightningfast and #lightningdevweek hashtag this week has been a joy. It was even better contributing! Once again, a Salesforce global user group meetup significantly helped attendance at this month’s Lehigh Valley Salesforce Developer User Group (@LVSFDCDUG/Youtube) meeting. We had one of our best turn outs in months from all of Salesforce’s marketing, but also from some promotion from the local Girl Develop It chapter, a great group looking for more ..read more
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Salesforce Lightning Week Begins!
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
Salesforce Lightning Week has begun! Salesforce1 Lightning provides a plethora of new functionality to the Salesforce platform, but in it’s simplest form you can think about it as the new generation of the Salesforce1 platform. What’s Happening? 100+ Salesforce Developer, User, and Non-Profit groups across the globe will be meeting during Lightning Week to experience first hand the power of Salesforce1 Lightning. Join a group near you for demos, training, and to meet Salesforce experts. No matter your experience level you’ll learn new tools that you can start using right away. Should I Atte ..read more
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LVSFDCDUG: ApexMocks Talk
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
I recently gave a talk at Lehigh Valley Salesforce Developer Group (@LVSFDCDUG). For the past few meetups, we have been live streaming and recording each of the presentations on Youtube. There are several other awesome presentations on there, but please feel free to check out my recent talk on ApexMocks and my other articles on the topic. Enjoy! Note: Apologies for recording the “presenter” view, that will be fixed for the next recording ..read more
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New Spring ’15 Features: Mapping
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
The Spring ’15 release is upon us! As with every Salesforce release, it comes with a plethora of new features. One of the cooler aspects of the Spring ’15 release is the addition of some mapping functionality. Standard Address Fields Show Google Maps Records with standard address fields now display a Google Maps image of the address. This saves users time by letting them see where their contacts or accounts are located, instead of having to locate addresses in a separate browser tab. On a record, go to the detail page to see the Google Maps image on the address field. To generate a map image ..read more
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Spring ’15 Feature: Apex Flex Queue
Jesse Altman | Salesforce Enthusiast
by jra5059
2y ago
The Spring ’15 release is approaching quickly! As with every Salesforce release, it comes with a plethora of new features. Over the next few weeks, I am going to outline what I find to be some of the cooler features. Apex Flex Queue One of the nicest features of Spring ’15 in my mind is Apex Flex Queue. From the release notes: Submit up to 100 batch jobs simultaneously and actively manage the order of the queued jobs to control which batch jobs are processed first. This enhancement provides you more flexibility in managing your batch jobs. Previously, you could submit only up to five batch jo ..read more
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