101 Stories To Learn About Salesforce

Let's learn about Salesforce via these 101 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

1. Exploring i18n and Lightning Web Components

Even if your LWC does not require internationalization now, it doesn’t hurt to follow the i18n pattern and maintain DRY compliance. Plus it’s easy, too.

2. Bringing Back the 90s with the Wicked Coolkit

Remember the 90s? Pokémon, Beanie Babies, Crazy Bones, Super Nintendo, Pogs, and neon windbreakers... Those were the good old days. The web was a simpler place.

3. How to Leverage the Salesforce Marketing Cloud to Reach New Customers

The well-designed platforms included in Salesforce Marketing Cloud meet the essential values of clients. Here are 6 of those platforms to leverage.

4. Salesforce NFT Cloud is Doing More for Web3 than Web3 startups

They say this is a Bear market but I've seen two announcements this week that actually mean more than any other Web3 VC funding press release.

5. 5 Steps to Increase Your Sales Department’s Efficiency

The sales department is a huge factor in the company's success. Here are 5 steps on increasing its' effectiveness and thus company's revenue

6. Working with Salesforce APIs? Of CORS!

In this post, we’ll take a closer look at how Cross-Origin Resource Sharing,/CORS, operates. By working with a small Node.js app that interacts with salesforce.

7. On Raising $17M to Build AI Based Personal Assistants for Salespeople

An interview with the founder of Winn.AI, a mixture of Alex and Salesforce that aims to help b2b sales with its advanced machine learning capabilities

8. Scaling Your Compute Resources on Salesforce

How might Salesforce developers build apps that execute long-running commands which can scale with user growth while not impacting performance?

9. The Difference Between a Class and a Prototype in JavaScript

Dive into JavaScript to understand key differentiators between use of a Class and a Prototype - plus the impact each has on Lightning Web Components.

10. How to Scale Like a Boss with Heroku Dynos

Now that you are running on Heroku, John Vester helps explore options for scaling your applications or services to meet end-user demands.

11. How to Write Clean, Well Maintained Code Using a Static Analyzer and PMD

A static analyzer can reduce the possibility of bugs, such as when you accidentally overwrite a variable with another value.

12. Build a Mobile App Using React Native and the Salesforce Mobile SDK

Check out how easy it is to start building a custom React Native application that leverages the Salesforce platform and the Salesforce Mobile SDK.

13. How to Optimize Your Salesforce Security

Companies implementing Salesforce’s internal security solutions may find their customizations limit visibility into the risks that can impact other processes.

14. Salesforce: A Full Stack Developer's First Impressions - Part 1

As a full-stack developer who primarily uses React and .NET, I have traditionally shied away from platform-specific integrations. Throughout my career, I have heard of Salesforce and "Salesforce Developers" (and I have also heard that Salesforce Developers were well-compensated), but otherwise, these terms never provoked my interest. After all, why would I want to lock myself into learning skills and abilities which only allowed me to work with one specific application?

15. Leveraging Salesforce Using Mobile Applications Written (Once) In React Native

In the next part of his series, John Vester introduces Android and iOS mobile applications using React Native to read data from Salesforce.

16. Building a Kotlin Mobile App with the Salesforce SDK: Editing and Creating Data - Part 2

17. Easily Formatting Markdown Files in VS Code

This VS Code extension helps you when writing markdown to format your text, create lists, and create and modify tables with ease.

18. Why are Document Creation Apps the Darlings of Salesforce Users

Document creation apps solve ultimate problems of different professionals in companies from the sales, customer success & support and legal to the management.

19. Paying Attention to Every Detail: How to Work With the Metrics to Increase Your Revenue

Every significant business result consists of micro-level metrics that one can and should manage daily. Learn how to increase your revenue with small steps.

20. 5 Ways Chatbots Are Transforming Customer Services

The key to a successful business lies in the efficient management of customers.

21. Salesforce Release Management: Important Aspects That You Need to Consider

Salesforce release management is not an isolated operation in business. Instead, it’s closely tangled with other business processes such as business organization and governance, business objective, change management, and other organizational aspects.

22. Build a Lightweight REST API with Salesforce and Postman

Salesforce can expose custom-coded services to third-party applications, either as SOAP web services or REST APIs.

23. Postman Collection for Salesforce: Mock Servers and Code Snippets

Whether you’re a longtime Salesforce developer or you’re new, Postman brings you all the tools you need to streamline the Salesforce API integration process.

24. HubSpot Salesforce Integration: Pros and Cons

HubSpot Salesforce integration proofs itself like a very powerful solution. You may already have Salesforce Integration Services installed and educated your sales department on the platform, however now you want to utilize HubSpot strengths and opportunities for your marketing department. Solution helps you to start using Salesforce and bring your marketing strategy in place.

25. Why Salesforce is a Must to Scale Your Business Successfully

Did You Know?

26. Having (More) Fun Creating Components with the Lightning Design System for React

Check out how easy it is to create a custom component using the Lightning Design System for React and some very detailed blueprints

27. What is a SaaS Software? What are the Benefits of Using One?

In simple words, SaaS or software as a service is like a one-stop solution for businesses where rather than installing software, you can access data the Interne

28. 4 ways Enterprises can Streamline their Professional Services using FinancialForce PSA

To enhance the probability of success enterprises can enhance their services delivery using FinancialForce PSA which led to having held significant results.

29. Light DOM and Lightning Web Components in Salesforce

Lightning Web Components (LWC) from Salesforce are based on standard Web Components built using HTML and JavaScript.

30. How to Deploy Vlocity Components with Vlocity Build Tool

A guide on how to deploy Salesforce Vlocity components using Vlocity Build tool and integrate it with your CI/CD pipeline.

31. Heroku Remote Culture: AMA with Francis Lacoste

Francis Lacoste is a Senior Director, Software Engineering at Salesforce Heroku. During Live Ask Me Anything session with Hacker Noon community he shared his experience working remote for over 20 years and main lessons he learned from it.

In Francis’s own words:

32. 11 Fascinating Features Salesforce is Releasing in 2022

Check out the Salesforce Spring 2022 Updates, Read here to know more about Salesforce Development trends.

33. Integrating Your Sales and Marketing Teams Will Save Your Company Millions of Dollars

Sales and marketing departments are closely connected and it's impossible to increase revenue without building interaction between them. Learn 3 ways to do it.

34. Salesforce Test Automation Or Manual Testing? Here is Some Clarity

Do you know the best feature of Salesforce? Some of you would suggest it's the easy introduction of change or updates on an organizational level, and we agree.

35. The Volatility Opportunity: Turning Risks Into Rewards With High-Profile Clients

Want your tech company to be recession-proof? Diversifying your client base and offering exceptional service can build antifragility into your organization.

36. Build a Java Backend that Connects with Salesforce

A discussion on how to implement Java and SFDC applications. Let's start talking!

37. Exploring the Salesforce Mobile SDK Using Xcode

In the 3rd article of the series, create a native iOS application that leverages the Salesforce platform and the Salesforce Mobile SDK.

38. Building an AWS Integration for Salesforce Image Handling

In this article, we’ll look at a solution that not only offloads your Salesforce image storage to AWS, but also resizes and renders them on demand.

39. Creating Custom API Endpoints in Salesforce with Apex

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a messaging protocol based on requests and responses using an XML format.

40. Building a Basic Salesforce Mobile App with Lightning App Builder

Build a new app in a matter of minutes? Check out this mobile application created using the Salesforce Lightning App Builder.

41. Using Android Studio to Explore the Salesforce Mobile SDK

In the 2nd article of the series, create a native Android application that leverages the Salesforce platform and the Salesforce Mobile SDK.

42. Building a Slack App with Native SFDC Integration

This post is a continuation of our series based on a video series explaining how to build Slack Apps that integrate with Salesforce APIs.

43. Maximize Revenue with Salesforce Territory Management

Salesforce Territory Management is a tool that forms a part of the Sales Cloud. Salesforce enables you to model sales territories into logical structures.

44. Building a Kotlin Mobile App with the Salesforce SDK - Part 1

Nowadays, users expect mobile apps to act as counterparts to the websites and platforms they use on the web.

45. Wicked Cool Experience: Nostalgic and Fun Wicked Coolkit

Feel like learning something new? Want to experience Web 1.0 again? You definitely want to test-drive the Wicked Coolkit.

46. The Importance Of Data in Sales in 2022

47. The Journey to Becoming a Rockstar Salesforce Developer

Looking for something new, with expected needs and without a heavy learning curve? Here's how you can get started today.

48. Salesforce vs. NetSuite

When people research new CRM tools to use, Salesforce and NetSuite are two options they’ll come across. Here’s what individuals who might use them should know.

49. My Story About Getting the Salesforce Administrator Certification

Spoiler: Achieving the certification was not an all smooth journey...

50. 7 Growth Hacking LinkedIn Chrome Extensions to Up Your Sales Game

LinkedIn is one of the top sales and marketing tools for 2021. LinkedIn is apt for prospecting, networking, email collection, and connecting with clients.

51. How To Connect Heroku Server with Slack

Heroku makes it easy to integrate with the Slack business communication platform. Three available options are presented in this article by @johnjvester

52. How to Add Barcode Support to a Salesforce Mobile Application

After his wife challenged his level of snack consumption, John decided to create a Salesforce Mobile app to scan the snack's barcode and return the calories.

53. Should $CRM Buy $WORK?

This Slack discussion by me and Hang occurred in hackernoon's official #slogging-beta channel.

54. How the Slack Acquisition Helps Vancouver’s Tech Scene

Salesforce recently acquired Slack, a company founded by Stewart Butterfield, for $27.7 billion. The company officially announced the acquisition on December 1, 2020.

55. The 3 Best CRMs On The Market in 2021

Here are our top 3 picks for the Best CRM Available in 2021. Choose a CRM with your ideal level of flexibility, customization and compatibility with other tools

56. How to Leverage Salesforce via a Client Written In Angular

In this series article, John Vester introduces an Angular application and NgRx state management to read data from Salesforce for use by a basic component.

57. Taking Your App Offline with the Salesforce Mobile SDK

Does your mobile app work without an internet connection? Check out how easy it is to add offline functionality to your app using the Salesforce Mobile SDK.

58. What Heroku is Good For

You've probably heard about Heroku by now, but do you really know how Heroku works and when it should be a consideration?

59. Building Custom App Experiences With Salesforce Lightning Design System & Heroku

This is the fifth article documenting what I’ve learned from a series of 10 Trailhead Live video sessions on Modern App Development on Salesforce and Heroku.

60. SAP Commerce Cloud Vs. Salesforce Commerce Cloud Vs. Magento [A Comparison]

The e-commerce industry is one of the most rapidly changing ones. A constant stream of new tendencies, innovative technology, and the growing needs of the customers are the factors that make e-commerce business owners follow these rules to stay afloat.

61. Salesforce Marketing Cloud Implementation

Salesforce Marketing Cloud, formerly known as Exact Target, assists digital marketers to deliver the right message to the potential audience at optimal timings.

62. A Full Stack Dev's First Impressions of the Salesforce Platform, Part 2

63. How to Build a Slack App That Changes Salesforce Records Within Slack

64. Steps Taken By Our Team To Build The eCars App Using Heroku And Salesforce

As someone who became a Salesforce developer “by accident” 10 years ago and parlayed that into a career and business, I’m fully aware of the dividends that investing in continuous learning and brushing up on the latest in my industry can yield.  Even after years of working in the Salesforce ecosystem, earning 11 certifications, and going through several hundred different projects, I’ve found it’s difficult to make the time to keep up with all the new tools and features of modern development (and usually I have the TrailheaDX and Dreamforce conferences each year to get caught up!).

65. Here's How I Built a Quiz App for Remote Team Building [A Step by Step Guide]

The COVID-19 pandemic and statewide stay-at-home order have caused many companies, including mine, to close their offices, restrict travel, and require all employees to work remotely.

66. Enterprise Blockchain: Stakeholder Engagement Tips and Traps

What’s the best way to unite stakeholders around your enterprise blockchain project? Partner with other companies to launch a consortium, then jointly fund...

67. Having Fun with the Lightning Design System for React

Did you know that the rock-solid design system inside of Salesforce can be included in a standard React application? This is not only possible, but easy too.

68. Salesforce Sandbox Data Mask For Add-On Security And Sandbox Refresh Process

When it comes to data security, Salesforce sandbox Data Mask is a mighty tool, which is largely used by the Salesforce developer and admins lately.

69. The Salesforce Conversations [Part 3]

Agile, Flow, and a Filter

70. Interview with AnavClouds Founders: How To Build a Million Dollar Company

The founders of AnavClouds Software are both Salesforce professionals, doing well in their own spheres of work. They happened to meet through a common friend of theirs and started working together for some time. As the volumes grew they decided over a cup of steaming coffee that it was the right time to start a venture of their own, in 2016.

71. Five Architectures You Can Quickly Prototype on PaaS

Sometimes, as an architect or developer, you want to try a new architecture or technical solution but just can't seem to find the time to install, configure, debug, and figure out an entirely new concept. Experimentation is a lot of work, project deadlines come first, and new tech is often one of your last priorities.

72. How To Leverage The Salesforce API Without The Salesforce Client

Interested in using Salesforce with your own client application? Learn how to use Spring Boot to accomplish this need, caching data along the way.

73. Master The Art Of Planning Poker On Heroku And Salesforce With These Tips

One may not expect to use Salesforce for Planning Poker sessions, but see how Aditya Naag's planning-poker-salesforce repository can make this happen quite easily.

74. 20 Top Tools And Apps To Generate More Targeted Leads In 2021

If you are wondering what is the best lead generation software, you arereading the right article. Lead generation and acquiring leads isessential for any business, so it is very important to use good toolsto help you with this. This article will tell you everything aboutthe 20 best lead generation apps and tools some of which areconsidered the best free lead generation software currently availableon the market.

75. Effective Code Reviews For Remote Teams

Code Reviews in a remote-driven world yield a better software design and solution. Find out why that is the case in this latest article by John Vester.

76. Salesforce is More Than Just a CRM

People who know of my work in the Windows world sometimes ask me how I, a “real" programmer and former Microsoft MVP, could become so involved with Salesforce development.  I thought I’d write a different kind of article highlighting one of the Salesforce platform features that I find compelling—and that makes Salesforce, for me, a serious platform for software development. Instead of the usual "dry" technical article, I present to you a story - a work of fiction (except for the technology, which is all true).

77. Building a Slack App with Native SFDC Integration

We’re going to showcase how you can edit Salesforce data entirely within Slack.

78. What is Salesforce AppExchange: Complete Overview

Salesforce AppExchange platform is one of the best places for you to customise Salesforce fully. In this post, we're covering it from different angles.

79. CI/CD Best Practices for Salesforce DX

With digital transformation and the move to online operations, companies are increasingly relying on Salesforce to manage many of their operations. New business needs and opportunities constantly increase the workload of Salesforce teams. In this context, teams are turning to Salesforce CI/CD to automate manual workflows, which help them handle these growing workloads and quickly deliver quality work to their end-users. This article gives you a short overview of how to implement CI-CD in Salesforce DX.

80. Adventures Of A Salesforce Platform Expert

I had great fun writing my recent article "Objects, Relationships, and the Cat” in which I shared one of the things I enjoyed most about working on the Salesforce platform using a rather unconventional story-telling style. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, and based on the positive feedback from readers, I thought I’d do it again. As before, this is a work of fiction with the exception of the technical aspects.

81. Leveraging Salesforce Using a Client Written In Vue.js

John Vester introduces a Vue.js client application to read data from Salesforce and process SSE-based events via SSE implementation.

82. Salesforce Functions for Caching Expensive Queries

In this article, we will walk through the use of Salesforce Functions to cache expensive queries.

83. How to Connect to Salesforce Data in AWS Glue Jobs Using JDBC

Connect to Salesforce from AWS Glue jobs using the CData JDBC Driver hosted in Amazon S3.

84. How to Leverage Salesforce Using a Client Written in Svelte

In the 2nd part of his series, John Vester introduces a Svelte client application to read and update Salesforce data … without actually using Salesforce.

85. Salesforce Commerce Cloud vs SAP Commerce Cloud

In this story we mentioned the difference between Salesforce Commerce cloud and SAP commerce cloud.

86. A Beginner's Guide to CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) Tools

Configure, Price, Quote – CPQ software is a tool designed to help sales teams of organizations to quickly produce accurate quotes. CPQs automate product pricing for customizable products. Cloud-based CPQ, like that of Salesforce, can provide data real-time allowing the sales team to continue the juggernaut of inching a customer ever so closer to a purchase, rather than wasting valuable moments during a crucial call doing the math behind quotations.

87. Salesforce Bought Slack - WTF?!

Microsoft is just too big to fail - no matter what they do. Slack was just too small to succeed - no matter how much they tried.

88. Best Advice To Build A Python-based App With Salesforce Platform Like An Expert

If you're comfortable with working with traditional development platforms such as Heroku, but now you need to integrate into Salesforce data, there are many unexpected differences that you might discover.

89. Developing a Salesforce Career: From Trainee to Expert

What Salesforce developers and administrators should know about career development.

90. Salesforce Community Cloud Implementation

Salesforce Communities are a great way to collaborate with people who are crucial to business processes, such as customers, partners, or employees

91. How to Build an eCars App on Heroku and Salesforce (Part 4)

In these articles, we’re focusing on how to combine Salesforce with Heroku to build an “eCars” app—a sales and service application for a fictitious company

92. Salesforce: Walled Garden No More

In just five years the Salesforce ecosystem has transformed from a "walled garden" to an open-sourced driven solution set.

93. How to Make Composites Requests Against Salesforce

Journey into the Salesforce API and learn what composite requests bring to the table: reductions of API requests and help you avoid cyclomatic complexity issues

94. Understanding Web Standard - Shadow DOM and Custom HTML Elements

Getting Familiar with New Web Standards

95. How to Integrate Traditional Cloud Development With Salesforce

Heroku provides the necessary components to integrate cloud services with Salesforce to easily create a burndown chart to track performance.

96. How to Build a Custom CRM Software: Create Your Own CRM

97. Predictions — 2019 And Beyond

The point of making public predictions is not to be correct, but to at some point in future to ponder over the reasons for incorrect interpretation of the present.

98. Data Modeling in Salesforce and Heroku Data Services

This is the third article documenting what I’ve learned from a series of 10 Trailhead Live video sessions on Modern App Development on Salesforce and Heroku.

99. How to Build an eCars App on Salesforce and Heroku [Part 2]

This is the 2nd article documenting what I’ve learned from a series of 10 Trailhead Live video sessions on Modern App Development on Salesforce and Heroku.  In these articles I’m walking you through how to combine Salesforce with Heroku to build an “eCars” app—a sales and service application for a fictitious electric car company (“Pulsar”) that allows users to customize and buy cars, service techs to view live diagnostic info from the car, and more.

100. SaaS Database Migration To Heroku Postgres

The next step in my fitness application journey is to migrate to Heroku Postgres. Check out how easy this turned out to be too.

101. The Top 30 Salesforce Consulting Companies

In 2018, more than 150,000 businesses all over the world hopped on the train of Salesforce, the most fast-evolving CRM solution in the world. With adidas, Amazon, and American Express among Salesforce’s customers, the platform has been winning the market over—and pretty steadily indeed.

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