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Salesforce Lightning support in Sublime Text 3 for Mac OSX

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Tony Scott

If you’re developing Salesforce Lightning components you’ll probably reach a stage where you get fed up of using the Dev Console. Right now the Eclipse based IDE doesn’t support lightning and Joe Ferraro is still working on the latest updates…

Tagged with: force.com, ide, productivity, salesforce, sublime, tools
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Managing the heap using SOQL For Loops (with a little code seperation)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Tony Scott

I’m a big fan of code separation and code reuse. When I’m coding I like to keep my SOQL out of the business logic and in a gateway class of its own. That way I can reuse common queries in…

Tagged with: apex, force.com, governor limits, salesforce, SOQL
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Pebble Watch: Salesforce Approvals – Part 2

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tony Scott

In Part 1, we looked at creating the Salesforce server application to expose the Approvals and the target objects via some REST based web services. In the second part of this article we look at creating the Pebble watch app…

Tagged with: apex, dropbox, force.com, pebble, salesforce, watch
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Pebble Watch: Salesforce Approvals – Part 1

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Tony Scott

I recently bought a Pebble ‘smart’ watch and I have to say I’m pretty impressed with it. Rather than try and replace the phone in your pocket, it works to extend it by providing you with notifications and an app…

Tagged with: apex, force.com, pebble, salesforce, watch
Posted in apex, code, force.com, pebble watch, salesforce

Apex Code Tip – Sending Email to Salesforce Users

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Tony Scott

Apex allows you send emails from code using the Messaging namespace. As usual Salesforce governor limits are at work and you could unwittingly hit your limits without needing to. If you are sending email to users within your organisation, make…

Tagged with: apex, force.com, governor limits, salesforce
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Undercover Maps

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Tony Scott

The Map class is probably the most useful collection on the Salesforce platform. When you combine a Map with a SOQL query you have a really cool tool for automatically populutating a Map of SObjects keyed on Id using a…

Tagged with: maps, SOQL
Posted in apex, code, force.com, salesforce

Routine

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Tony Scott

This piece was written for my first Leeds Savage Club meet on the theme ‘Routine’. A jolly nice bunch of people they are too. Another morning in the Kent household. Forget the alarm clock, my body clock is accurate to…

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Apex Approval Actions

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Tony Scott

Approval Processes are a great feature of the Salesforce platform. They stand firmly behind the ‘No Software’ banner by giving ‘Power Users’ the ability to configure approval criteria and outcomes via a point and click interface. Aproval outcomes can create…

Tagged with: apex, force.com, salesforce, triggers
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Life in the Slow Lane – Summer Vacation 2013

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Tony Scott

It’s been a little bit of a pipe dream of mine to take off behind the wheel of an old VW camper van. A couple of years ago a friend posted some pictures of their weekend travels through Yorkshire in…

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Conditional Detail Page Buttons – Hacking the Platform

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Tony Scott

UPDATE: Due to changes in the way Salesforce serves up home page components from a different domain, this will no longer work as javascript no longer has access to the DOM. Introduction I’m going to start this post off with…

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