Best Xi Xiao Podcasts (2024)

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105. Salesforce Inspector Reloaded Plugin | Thomas Prouvot

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Thomas Prouvot, who joins to share about Salesforce Inspector Reloaded, is the Salesforce Inspector Reloaded creator/maintainer and Senior Technical Consultant at Salesforce Main Points Links Video Teaser The post 105. Salesforce Inspector Reloaded Plugin | Thomas Prouvot appeared first on SalesforceWay.…

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104. Salesforce & AI from the trenches | Robert Söesemann 36:55

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Robert Söesemann, who joins to share about Salesforce & AI from the trenches, is a Salesforce principle architect, and Salesforce MVP. Main Points Links Video Teaser The post 104. Salesforce & AI from the trenches | Robert Söesemann appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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103. Grow from the past and Blackthorn.io | Chris Federspiel

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Chris Federspiel, who joins to talk about Grow from the past and Blackthorn.io, is the founder of Blackthorn.io. Main Points Links Video Teaser The YouTube Video URL The post 103. Grow from the past and Blackthorn.io | Chris Federspiel appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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102. Sfdx-hardis | Nicolas Vuillamy

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Nicolas Vuillamy, who joins to talk about Sfdx-hardis, is an open-Sourcerer and CTO in Cloudity. Main Points Links Video Teaser The YouTube Video URL The post 102. Sfdx-hardis | Nicolas Vuillamy appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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101. The Ops in Salesforce DevOps | Azlam Abdulsalam

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Azlam Abdulsalam, who joins to talk about The Ops in Salesforce DevOps, is A DevOps expert and OpenSource Project Flxbl main contributor. Main Points Links Video Teaser The YouTube Video URL The post 101. The Ops in Salesforce DevOps | Azlam Abdulsalam appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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100. DevOps is not the issue in Salesforce | Ramzi Akremi

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Ramzi Akremi is a senior Salesforce technologist, Modular Salesforce Evangelist, who applies software engineering to Salesforce & DevOps. Main Points Links Video Teaser The YouTube Video URL The post 100. DevOps is not the issue in Salesforce | Ramzi Akremi appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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99. FormulaShare App | Lawrence Newcombe

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Lawrence Newcombe, who joins to talk about his app FormulaShare, is the Lead Technical Architect at Giveclarity.org and Salesforce CTA. Main Points Links Video Teaser The YouTube Video URL The post 99. FormulaShare App | Lawrence Newcombe appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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98. Nebula Logger Open Source | Jonathan Gillespie

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Jonathan Gillespie, who joins to talk about his Nebula Logger open-source project, is a Lead Software Engineer at Salesforce. Main Points Links Video Teaser The YouTube Video URL The post 98. Nebula Logger Open Source | Jonathan Gillespie appeared first on SalesforceWay.By Xi Xiao

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97. SSO in Salesforce | Lawrence Newcombe

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Lawrence Newcombe, who joins to talk about SSO in Salesforce, is the Lead Technical Architect at Giveclarity.org and Salesforce CTA. Main Points What is SSO The role of Salesforce in SSO The Salesforce certificate that covers the SSO topic Lawrence’s blog to share his Salesforce knowledge SAML SSO OpenID SSO Debug SSO Links Lawrence’s LinkedIn Lawr…

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96. Neo-Vim and CLI setup for Salesforce Development | Suraj Pillai

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Suraj Pillai, who joins to talk about Neo-Vim and CLI setup for Salesforce development, is a Salesforce Architect and Senior Developer at Vertex Computer Systems. This Episode is a ScreenCast The YouTube URL Links Suraj’s LinkedIn Suraj’s Twitter Suraj’s dotfiles Fzf fussy search Xi’s vlog video The post 96. Neo-Vim and CLI setup for Salesforce Dev…

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95. Salesforce Flow | Jeffrey Kranz

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Jeffrey Kranz, who joins to talk about Salesforce Flow, is a Product Manager at Riskonnect. Main Points The mindset of “building for flows” v.s. “Building with flows” Flow is the future The cool features of flows How to debug and test flows The fast evolvement of the flow Flow features: Apex-Defined Data Types, External Services, Custom Property Ed…

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94. Universal Mock | Suraj Pillai

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Suraj Pillai, who joins to talk about his open-source library Universal Mock, is a Salesforce Architect and Senior Developer at Vertex Computer Systems. Main Points What is mocking in test Salesforce Stub API Suraj’s universal mock open-source library Universal mock is a lightweight library The readability of Universal mock library Suraj’s Salesfor…

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93. Test Driven Development | James Simone

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James Simone, who joins to talk about Test Driven Development, is working at Salesforce. He was also in the show previously on #69 talking about DML Mocking for Apex Testing. Main Points Book: Test Driven Development By Example TDD Definition and its benefits How to learn and practice TDD Boundaries and Tests as documentation TDD for Salesforce dev…

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92. Learning Rust Language | Scott Lee

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Scott Lee, who joins to talk about Rust Language, is CEO of Elega Corporation, Senior Salesforce Developer, Game Builder, and PluralSight Author. Main Points How did Scott start learning Rust Why is Rust fast How to learn Rust Is Rust a OO language Can Rust do things high-level languages do Expand knowledge and learn new languages Links Scott’s Lin…

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91. Diversify Your Skills | Scott Lee

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Scott Lee, who joins to talk about Diversify Your Skills, is CEO of Elega Corporation, Senior Salesforce Developer, Game Builder, and PluralSight Author. Main Points How did Scott get into coding at the beginning How did Scott learn Salesforce From learning python to creating the course for Python Spend time on your passion The steam game Scott is …

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90. Trailhead Year One | Joshua Birk

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Joshua Birk, who joins to talk about Trailhead Year One, is a Senior Director, Developer evangelist, godfather of Trailhead, the host of the Salesforce Developer Podcast. Main Points What is Josh’s job in the Salesforce The story about the Medals tool Josh created The Learning Paths project that predated Trailhead Where did the name Trailhead come …

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89. Object-Oriented Thinking | Aidan Harding 34:45

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Aidan Harding, who joins to talk about Object-Oriented Thinking, is a senior developer and Technology Director at Nebula Consulting Ltd. Main Points OO language in the 1990s SOLID principles Inheritance and composition Refactoring Talking about “reusing the code is not the reason to break things into objects” OO construction Related resources Links…

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88. Salesforce Quality Engineer | Julian Joseph 47:09

3y ago47:09

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Julian Joseph, who joins to talk about Salesforce Quality Engineer topic, is a Salesforce Quality Architect, Senior Salesforce QA. Julian has tremendous experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, and the DevOps area. Main Points Julian’s self-introduction What does Julian do in Salesforce What does the quality team do in Salesforce The imp…

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87. LWC for VisualForce Developers | Alba Rivas 29:07

3y ago29:07

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Alba Rivas, who joins to talk about LWC for VisualForce Developers, is the Lead Developer Advocate at Salesforce, former Salesforce MVP and dreamOlé organizer, 9x Certified. Main Points The resource collection on this topic (a sample app, 3 trailhead modules, and the webinar series in English & Spanish) How to leverage Low-code tools in LEX to repl…

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86. User Interface API – Christian Menzinger 24:39

3+ y ago24:39

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Christian Menzinger, who joins to talk about User Interface API, is a self-employed Germany-based Salesforce developer, trainer, Salesforce MVP, Community leader. Main Points What is the User Interface API? What problem does it solve? How is it in use before and in LWC? Examples of usage scenarios and sample code Links Christian’s Twitter Christian…

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85. Einstein Analytics Dashboard | Carl Brundage 32:10

3+ y ago32:10

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Carl Brundage, who joins to talk about Einstein Analytics Dashboards, is a Salesforce CTA, 30 x certified, and Data & Analytics expert. Main points In this conversation, Carl talked about the differences between Salesforce built-in dashboards and Einstein Analytics Dashboards (recently renamed to Tableau CRM), the various phases of utilizing data, …

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Sophie Richardson on China’s Efforts to Reshape Global Rights Governance | Episode 2105 17:58

3+ y ago17:58

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Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, and Oberlin College, Dr. Richardson is the author of numerous articles on domestic Chinese political reform, democratization, and human rights in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Vietnam. S…

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Christopher Walker on Sharp Power as a Concept | Episode 2104 16:34

3+ y ago16:34

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Recorded on January 21, 2021 Christopher Walker discusses Sharp Power as a Concept GUEST PROFILE Christopher Walker is vice president for studies and analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. In this capacity, he over…

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Suisheng Zhao on China “Going Global” | Episode 2103 22:29

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Recorded on January 14, 2021 Suisheng Zhao discusses China “Going Global." GUEST PROFILE Suisheng Zhao is a professor and director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and the founder and chief editor of the Journal of Contemporary China. Formerly, he was associate profess…

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Xiao Qiang on China’s Model of Digital Authoritarianism | Episode 2102 18:42

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Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at UC Berkeley’s School of Information and the founder and editor-in-chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website, discusses China’s Model of Digital Authoritarianism. A theoretical physicist by training, he became a full-time human rights activist after the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. Xiao was the e…

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Elizabeth Economy on China’s Communist Party-State under Xi Jinping | Episode 2101 15:49

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Recorded on January 7, 2021 Hoover senior fellow, Elizabeth Economy discusses the structure of the Chinese party-state, and Xi Jinping's populist appeal. GUEST PROFILE Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her most recent book is The Third Revolution…

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84. Look Outside of Salesforce | Leo Alves 35:30

3+ y ago35:30

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Leo Alves, who joins to talk about Look outside of Salesforce, is a Software engineer and Salesforce developer based on Australia. Main Points In this conversation, Leo talked about his non-IT background and how he entered Salesforce and gradually became a Salesforce developer. He also shared why he considers it important to learn IT skills outside…

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83. Domain-Driven Design | David Felkel 34:43

4y ago34:43

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David Felkel, who joins to talk about Domain-Driven Design, is a Munich based Salesforce developer, software engineer, scrum master. He is also on his freelancer journey. Main points What is Domain-Driven Design (DDD)? Ubiqitous language and its natural synergy with Salesforce Technical DDD in Salesforce – how is it limited? DDD and Apex – what can…

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82. Working effectively with legacy code | Michael Feathers

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Michael Feathers is a well-recognized programmer in the IT industry, the author of the famous programming book Working Effectively with Legacy Code, and the founder of R7K Research & Conveyance. Michael talked about the content of his book, what is his definition of legacy code, how to work with legacy code, Why tests are important, etc. Links Mich…

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81. From Theater Arts to Developer Evangelist | Peter Chittum 32:00

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Peter Chittum is Senior Director, Developer Evangelist at Salesforce. Peter grows from Theater Arts and French education to Developer Evangelist and Manager at Salesforce. He also shared how the Salesforce front-end evolved, how to learn functional programming, imposter syndrome challenges, etc. Links Peter’s Twitter Peter’s LinkedIn Elixir program…

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80. Blending Business and Technical Insights | Tina Wilburn 32:34

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Tina Wilburn joins to talk about the Blending Business and Technical Insights topic. Tina is a Senior Program Architect at Salesforce, with 25 years in the software engineering and consulting space. She has an MBA as well as a Master’s Degree in Project Management and has worked as a Salesforce architect since 2014. In addition to 15 Salesforce cer…

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79. Salesforce Mobile Development | Gaurav Kheterpal 22:58

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Gaurav Kheterpal, who joins to talk about Salesforce Mobile Development, is the CTO at MTX Group, Salesforce MVP, 31x Salesforce & Google Certified Enterprise Architect, Pluralsight Author, and Einstein Champion. Main points What are the various mobile development methodologies in Salesforce? What are the trade-offs of each mobile development appro…

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78. Adding the XY problem to Your Solutioning Toolbelt | James Hou

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James Hou is a developer and architect with 10 years of experience in the ecosystem. He focuses on solving complex problems in highly custom enterprise orgs and is currently a Senior Salesforce Consultant working at Google. In this episode, James talked about how to break down a problem with the concept of XY problem from three different angles — d…

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77. Clean Coder and Professionalism | Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)

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Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) is the co-founder of cleancoders.com, author of several very popular books including clean code, public speaker, idol of many programmers. Uncle Bob joins to talk about clean coder, programming professionalism, the future of programming, lisp and Clojure, and the recommended reading books, etc. Links Clean Coder Uncle B…

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76. Clean Code | Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) 37:11

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Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) is the co-founder of cleancoders.com, author of several very popular books including clean code, public speaker, idol of many programmers. Uncle Bob joins to talk about clean code, such as its definition, guiding principles, best practices, test coverage, TDD, etc. Links Clean Code Uncle Bob’s personal blog Clean Coder …

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75. Data migration and integration | David Masri 33:22

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David Masri is Salesforce Architect, Data Architect, 9x Salesforce Certified, Certified Google Data Engineer, Director of Professional Services at Plative. David joins to talk about the difference between Salesforce data migration and integration, their best practices, record locking issue among many other points from his book. Links David’s Linked…

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74. Consulting on an Existing Org | Brian Shea 33:52

4y ago33:52

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Brian Shea, who joins to talk about consulting on an existing org, is 8x Certified, Salesforce Architect at Shea Consulting LLC. Main Points Working in a brand new v.s. Old Salesforce environment Brian’s definition of legacy code Risk of working in an old environment Regression test Project scope Get familiar with the legacy code Communication on t…

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73. Reusable Web Component | Matt Kaufman 42:01

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Matt Kaufman, who joins to talk about reusable web component, is 19x Certified, 3x Trailhead Ranger, Dreamforce Speaker, Book author, GDG Community Organizer, Chief Innovation Officer in MK Partners. Main Points Matt’s Salesforce journey Why are reusability and extensibility important when working with front-end code? Component-driven mindset The i…

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72. Functional Programming and Haskell | Mark Seemann 44:28

4y ago44:28

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Mark Seemann, who joins to talk about Functional Programming and Haskell, is a self-employed programmer and software architect, book author, PluralSight author, public conference speaker, Humane Code Video author in Cleancoders.com. Main points Why does Mark move from C# to F# and Haskell? What is a pure function? Why is pure function friendly? Why…

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71. SOLID Principles | Mark Seemann 38:23

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Mark Seemann, who joins to talk about SOLID principles, is a self-employed programmer and software architect, book author, PluralSight author, public conference speaker, Humane Code Video author in Cleancoders.com. Main points What coding problems does SOLID solve? Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) Open-Closed Principle (OCP) Liskov Substitutio…

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70. Salesforce Integration Best Practices | Scott Lee

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Scott Lee, who joins to talk about Salesforce Integration Best Practices, is CEO of Elega Corporation, Senior Salesforce Developer, Game Builder, and PluralSight Author. Main Points Scott is a Pluralsight author producing Salesforce courses When shall we consider Salesforce integration? The options to integrate a large volume of data Discussion on …

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69. DML Mocking for Apex Test | James Simone 34:31

4y ago34:31

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James Simone, who joins to talk about DML Mocking, is the lead Software Engineer at James Simone LLC. He is also a climber, runner, sourdough bread baker, oats enthusiast, and software developer. He’s the self-published author of the sci-fi / fantasy novel A Good Thing Never Stops. Main Points James’ the Joys of Apex blog series What is DML mocking…

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68. ApexLink – Salesforce offline package linker (2) | Kevin Jones 22:47

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Kevin Jones, who joins to talk about his open-source project ApexLink, is a Senior Architect in FinancialForce. Main Points How does ApexLink work? What is ApexAssist VSCode extension? Future roadmap for ApexLink and ApexAssist – the local execution Kevin’s daily work in FinancialForce Links Kevin’s Twitter Kevin’s personal blog ApexLink Github Rep…

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67. ApexLink – Salesforce offline package linker (1) | Kevin Jones 29:48

4y ago29:48

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Kevin Jones, who joins to talk about his open-source project ApexLink, is a Senior Architect in FinancialForce. Main Points Kevin’s self-introduction What is ApexLink, Kevin’s open source project? Is ApexLink similar to the PMD? Is ApexLink similar to the Illuminated Cloud? Why does Kevin use Scala language to create ApexLink? How does ApexLink wor…

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66. Cloud Specialized Developer Career Path | Buyan Thyagarajan

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Buyan Thyagarajan, who joins to talk about Cloud Specialized Developer Career Path, is Salesforce MVP, specializing in Higher Education and Manufacturing. He is passionate about helping people start a Salesforce career. Main points Buyan’s self-introduction Buyan’s career advice to all developers Buyan uses EDA/HEDA education cloud as an example Bu…

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65. Future of Development on Salesforce 360 Platform | Abhinav Gupta 24:39

4y ago24:39

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Abhinav Gupta, who joins to talk about Future of Development on Salesforce 360 Platform, is a Salesforce Architect and Salesforce MVP, the Founder of Concretio Apps Company. Main Points Abhinav’s self-introduction The first-ever Virtual Dreamin’ event Discuss the Salesforce platform megatrend – low code The growing Salesforce marketplace for declar…

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64. Salesforce Dependency API | Vladimir Gerasimov 30:13

4y ago30:13

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Vladimir Gerasimov, who joins to talk about the Salesforce Dependency API, is the Director of Product Management at Salesforce. Main Points Vladimir’s self-introduction Salesforce Dependency API is already in Open Beta as of the recording What is the Dependency API and what is the “where is it used” button? What meta-data types are supported in the…

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63. From Non-tech to Salesforce Architect | Susannah St-Germain 33:35

4y ago33:35

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Susannah St-Germain, who joins to talk about becoming a Salesforce Architect without IT background, is a Salesforce MVP, Salesforce Architect, 20 x certified, BostonSFDC Co-Lead, and RADWomenCode Coach. Sponsors: Main Points Susannah’s self-introduction, her role in the company and the CTA exam journey Why and how did Susannah slowly transition fro…

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62. CumulusCI Portable Automation| Jason Lantz 24:09

4+ y ago24:09

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Jason Lantz, who joins to talk about CumulusCI – A Salesforce automation tool, is the Sr. Director, Release Engineering at Salesforce.org. Main Points Jason’s self-introduction Jason talks about what is CumulusCI What is the configuration layer in CumulusCI? The other three layers: key-chain, task, and flow layers How to understand CumulusCI from a…

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61. All About Apex Language(2) | Chris Peterson 28:59

4+ y ago28:59

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Chris Peterson, who joins to talk about Apex language, is the Director of Product Management for Apex in Salesforce. Sponsors Main Points Is the Apex team currently working on the language expressiveness? Is it a good idea that Salesforce supports some good open-source libraries in the ecosystem? Is it valuable to build an Apex package management t…

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