183: Next Gen Slack Development with Jeremiah Peoples

Salesforce Developer Podcast

Get ready for an incredible journey as we chat with Jeremiah Peoples, a Senior Developer Advocate for Slack at Salesforce, and explore his fascinating career path. From his earliest computer encounters to joining the Air Force and teaching himself to code, Jeremiah's story will inspire you to chase your dreams. Learn how he became a freelance YouTuber and ultimately landed his dream job at Slack, where he now shares his unique perspective on the power of Slack as a development platform and its potential to make the other 98% of software more efficient.

But that's not all - we'll also dive deep into the world of building modular Slack applications. Jeremiah walks us through the new tools available for Slack developers, the starting point of the Slack CLI, and the different ways you can trigger a workflow. Discover the magic of Block Kit, a tool for building surfaces with JSON, and how modularity can be used to create powerful applications. Don't miss this enlightening conversation that will leave you eager to explore the endless possibilities of Slack development!

Show Highlights:

• Exploring the world of building modular Slack applications, including the new tools available for Slack developers.
• The three main pillars of modular Slack applications: functions, workflows, and triggers.
• The different ways to trigger a workflow in Slack, including event triggers, shortcut triggers, webhooks, and scheduled triggers.
• The upcoming features for Workflow Builder, including conditional logic and a greater contribution to the ecosystem of apps in Slack.

Links:

• Twitter account - https://twitter.com/we_the_peoples
• Linkedin account - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiah-peoples-7b2a65185/
• The next generation Slack Platform: https://api.slack.com/automation