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How to Work with Force.com Ant Migration and Git for your Salesforce Development

This tutorial shows you some techniques on using the Force.com Ant Migration toolkit for deployment and Git for version control on your Salesforce Development. Why should you learn this? This is not for all, if you are small company with only one or two developers you can get away with using change sets. That said though,… Read More How to Work with Force.com Ant Migration and Git for your Salesforce Development

February 10, 2017February 14, 2017 lopau1 Comment

How to Install Apache Ant on a Mac

Want to learn how to install ant on mac? What is Apache Ant used for? The main known usage of Apache Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for… Read More How to Install Apache Ant on a Mac

February 8, 2017October 25, 2021 lopauLeave a comment

Salesforce Platform Developer II Transition Exam Takeaways

As part of my goals this year is to get the Technical Architect certification. I recently took the Salesforce Platform Developer II Transition Exam and I can say that it was fairly straightforward if you know your stuff. Having recently done the Platform Developer I transition exam last December then booked Platform Developer II exam… Read More Salesforce Platform Developer II Transition Exam Takeaways

January 29, 2017January 19, 2018 lopauLeave a comment

2016 Highlights and 2017 Goals

2017 is just around the corner, 2016 may go down as my most memorable year. I have lost a very dear someone, but amidst all of that I have grown mentally stronger and I can say I have achieved most of the goals I have set. Listing some highlights of my year. Financial growth achieved… Read More 2016 Highlights and 2017 Goals

December 23, 2016January 7, 2018 lopauLeave a comment

I’m going to Dreamforce

After 6 years of doing Salesforce, I’m finally attending my first Dreamforce- the biggest software event in the world, where people gather from all over the world to share ideas, learn new skills, connect, and be inspired. I have been fortunate enough to work for a company such as Davanti Consulting, a New Zealand premiere… Read More I’m going to Dreamforce

September 7, 2016February 3, 2017 lopauLeave a comment

Reference the External ID on Lookup

This post shows you how you can reference another object through it’s external id. This is useful if you do not know the Salesforce ID but know the external ID. Example: You have an external field on the Account object with an API named myExternal_Id__c. You have an account record named “Burlington Textile of America”… Read More Reference the External ID on Lookup

April 18, 2016September 16, 2020 lopauLeave a comment