Archives

Data Cloud for ISVs

Dive into the world of Salesforce’s Data Cloud with me, from the viewpoint of an AppExchange Partner. I will walk you through the journey of crafting AppExchange apps specifically for the Data Cloud, highlighting its advantages to your clientele, common use cases, and common pitfalls. Regardless of whether you’re just starting out or seeking to […]

Building reusable UIs with LWC: Develop once, use everywhere

Tired of repetitive UI development in Salesforce? This hands-on session will transform your workflow by teaching you to build reusable components with Lightning Web Components (LWC). We’ll walk you through the creation of a LWC and showcase how to effortlessly integrate it multiple times within your application. By the end, you’ll gain a solid understanding […]

DataWeave: The Mr T of ETL?

DataWeave promises fast and flexible data transformations in a purpose-built language and is available to call directly from Apex. But what is it like to work with and live with DataWeave in Apex? We will look at the efficiency of DataWeave compared to Apex; how it can be configured to make flexible solutions; and what […]

Automation Smackdown: Clicks vs Code

In the world of automation on the Salesforce platform it can be confusing when to choose each automation tool and for what scenario. In this session we will go over when you should use one tool vs the other using the Salesforce Well-Architected framework decision guide for record triggered automation. Attendees will leave this session […]

Skill Up Your Copilot with Custom Actions

Copilots are the hottest new tool in Enterprise Software – an always on assistant that is keen to help wherever it can. But like any coworker, it needs the right skills to be useful. Join me to learn how to create custom actions to skill up your copilot, and get the assistant that can provide […]

Using Data Cloud APIs with Mulesoft

In this session you will learn about Data Cloud and Mulesoft and what they are used for. You will then learn about the Ingestion API and how you can use it to load data into Data Cloud from SAP, Workday, ServiceNow and more. Finally attendees will see a live demo of how to set up […]

Demystifying Cookies: a much easier topic than you think

Cookies have been in the news quite frequently in the past years. But what are they exactly ? Are they really linked to security and privacy issues? They have been featured in the past Release Notes, alongside technical names like Enhanced Domain, SameSite attribute or Third-Party cookies. In this session we will demystify all these […]

Salesforce & AI from the trenches – What we learned in the last year

Since ChatGPT’s release, we at Aquiva Labs have been exploring AI in Salesforce, creating PoCs, free AppExchange apps, and open-source contributions. This session will share our journey, showcasing the tools we’ve developed, the methodologies we’ve adopted, and the lessons learned. Spoiler alert: Mastering custom AI is challenging, yet leveraging the support of a Low Code […]

Toughen up your Tests by Taking on the Mutant Army

Your unit tests have 100% coverage, so quality is assured. Or is it? Mutation testing adds bugs to your code and verifies that your tests detect them. In this session I’ll cover the underlying concepts, how mutation testing works in practice and the benefits and drawbacks of this approach. I’ll also demonstrate a Salesforce CLI […]

Unleashing the Power of Einstein GPT for Developers

Over the first half of the year, Generative AI has taken the tech world by storm. Join me to learn all about Einstein GPT,  its latest capabilities, and how developers will be able to use the technology to build their own AI powered applications on Salesforce. We will take a look at some of the […]

3 Steps to Implementing DevOps Center Successfully

Salesforce DevOps Center (DOC) is the free replacement for Change Sets. Every customer should be migrating to DOC, but the lack of awareness of the potential and a fear of making the change is slowing adoption. This is hugely wasteful as DevOps Center is dramatically faster and more rigorous than Change Sets. But DOC enables […]

Build Your Own Utilities using Marketing Cloud REST APIs

Tools are to save time, and the time you save can be invested in other initiatives to grow the business. Marketing Cloud has very powerful REST APIs available. These APIs allow you to access the metadata. You can use these APIs to build tools like a metadata backup tool, a deployment tool to push the […]

What is in Slack for Salesforce Folks?

Slack – the most expensive Salesforce acquisition and at the same time considered just as a chat tool by most people. Why it might be interesting for Salesforce folks, how we can utilize it and what extra services we can offer to its customers? Let’s find out more during this Lighting fast talk.  

AppExchange: What Does It Take to Publish Your First App?

A few months ago, Salesforce celebrated 10 Million AppExchange Installs. Did you participate in this milestone only from an end-user perspective? Let’s change it! It’s the best moment to learn what it takes to build and publish an app. Maybe you are Salesforce Developer looking for a new way to master your technical skills or […]

Event driven: Don’t fear the async

In the beginning, programs were simple. They ran in one place, step by step. Sure, we had bugs. But, through engineering, we found ways to tame them. Then we started running things in parallel. The programs went fast, but they went wrong fast. We discovered new kinds of parallel bugs that tortured our human brains. […]

Leveraging AI for Pair Programming

Pair programming is a software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation. One, the driver, writes code while the other, the observer. Why search for a partner where AI can assist developers in writing code based on their intent, GitHub copilot is a cloud-based artificial intelligence tool developed by GitHub and […]

5 things every Salesforce Developers should know about MuleSoft

You will learn what are the 5 important things you should know about MuleSoft as a Salesforce Dev. We will focus on no-code tools and capabilities that’ll make Salesforce integration with MuleSoft seamless. We shall learn about API-led connectivity, the application network with simple examples, and real-life use cases. We will also explore how we […]

Meet UTAM, Your New Best Friend for End-to-End Testing

Running End-to-End (E2E) tests and maintaining them is complex. Join my session and learn about the UI Test Automation Model (UTAM). UTAM is an Open Source solution built by Salesforce that lets you run UI tests on any kind of app with an easy to maintain structure. We’ll walk you through a practical example with […]

Supercharge your DevOps Center Pipeline

Learn how you can extend the core capabilities of DevOps Center pipelines by integrating issue tracking, static code analysis, and unit and functional tests while gathering results into a central quality hub all within Salesforce. Analyse your deployments in new ways to learn how to measure quality, report current and historical test coverage, and define […]

What happens when you click the Save button?

Saving a record on the Salesforce platform takes your data on what can be a complex journey to finally end up persisted in the Salesforce database – involving as it does the interaction of the automation tools you know and love. In this session we’ll take a look at this journey – the so called […]

Fantastically Bad Apex Automation Patterns (and how to avoid them)

Your Apex triggers are probably wrong. When starting on Salesforce, developers think that they can carry on the same design patterns from the outside. It takes years to realise that this doesn’t work, causing poor user experience and crashes. My new (fictional) colleague keeps making these mistakes. Together we’ll look at some common Apex trigger […]

Custom PMD rules. For any Metadata. Within Minutes.

The Code Analyser PMD was widely adopted in the Salesforce ecosystem. Since the presenter of this session ported it from Java to Apex in 2016, all relevant tools have integrated PMD and most developers use it every day to enforce quality and security in their Apex code. Only a few know how to easily adapt […]

Start Building Slack Apps for Salesforce Now, and what the Future Holds

In this session we’ll go through how you can build Slack apps for Salesforce right now. We’ll cover the architecture, implementation (inc demos), and things to consider when get you started on your Slack-app-building-journey. As well as the apex, we’ll cover the middleware needed, and the use of Slack’s Bolt SDK. As well as showing […]

The Rise and Fall of the Dependency API

The Dependency API, with its ability so slice and dice through metadata dependencies, has the potential to become one of the most powerful APIs for DevOps products. Learn about its origin, its evolution through the popular open-source and free application HappySoup.io and its imminent fall as Salesforce has made an unexpected announcement…