Code Coverage - Salesforce Developer Podcast

Still not dead. Getting damned close to episode 50, might actually see that prior to 2025. In this episode we chat about Steven's adventures into AWS and React, Salesforce as a platform, and a few other odds and ends. I honestly don't know if anyone ever reads this but I failed to make any notes while recording and don't want to listen all the way through because I'm busying trying to make Google Cloud functions function. Stay safe, stay well, do good things. Lacey (and that other guy).

I would write some show notes, but time is tight, hence this is late. We DO talk about Salesforce a bit, with some quick comments on Bob (??) and... something else. Also F1, because Steven likes racing cars now.

We broke some world records or something and recorded again. This time we actually do talk about Salesforce for the whole show. Well, most of it. Some. Some of it. We definitely talk about Salesforce.  

A whole lot of waffle (what else would you expect) with the occasional mention of Salesforce.

It's a new highly anticipated episode of what might be the world's most irregular and/or infrequent podcast, with more waffles than ever. In this episode we talk about: Zoom, Neal Stephenson, the ATO and security scares Matt overthinking things and forgetting his Salesforce basics (i.e. query selectivity in triggers) Formula One 10x developers Working out when to upgrade your tools Accenture's SF Power Kit for DX Testing Motorbikes, cars and servicing You can find Accenture's SF Power Kit here: https://github.com/Accenture/sfpowerkit The Ad:   The snails:

In this episode we're coming to you live from last year, where we're recording at Down Under Dreaming (yes, with a 'g'): Brisbane Edition. In this episode we talk more Salesforce than usual in front of a real audience, and talk to both Emily Hey and Doug Christ who was visiting from the US.

Against all odds, it's an episode of Code Coverage. Topics discussed include: * Audio problems, not knowing we were actually having some (doh) * A brief tour or some of the features from Spring '19 * Salesforce and devops, or not * The end of a an era Aura * Lightning Web Components and their likely impact * New flow builder * The latest release of OS/2

We really do mean to publish more often. Promise. We even line up times and and everything.  It's us again, talking somewhat about Salesforce, but with a few (ok, many) inevitable tangents thrown in. Some of the topics covered:   * Forcelandia and Dreamforce * Being a male ally * IDEs and Salesforce (again!) * Cars and the software that runs them

Another year passes, another episode gets release. Well it feels like that anyway. This took a week or so to publish after recording because our tracks got out of sync somehow. It sounds like my track (Matt) has been sped up slightly, with a few glitches pulling them back in time on occasion. So, apologies for that. Topics discussed in this episode: Some actual code that Steven wrote My washing machine Dealing with release bugs Mobile Operating Systems and virtual assistants CRUD, FLS and Security Reviews Salesforce IDEs and tools Software development / programming books we like

Lo and behold, we recorded again. It's almost becoming a habit. Once again you're stuck with myself and Steven rabbiting on about all sorts, including: Using bookmarks in your browser (bleeding edge stuff here) Salesforce (some new cloud thing) Deployment antics and packages How to break production environments Trailhead, DX and Git - the new learning curve Lightning experience performance Steven's ambitions to be Eminem, certifications and badges Where our listeners (you are very much appreciated!) are located around the world

We're back, and rambling more than ever. We chat about many things including the Spring release, IDEs and The Welkin Suite, computer keyboards and phones.  I don't think we talk about JavaScript.

In this episode of Code Coverage Steven is off on a bit of a jolly so I'm joined by Jarrod Hunt, we discuss: The upcoming Down Under Dreaming Conference in Sydney Teaching code concepts to admins: what's useful for them to know The role of BAs sitting between clients and developers What developers could do better from a BA's point of view There's a few surprising (at least to me) lessons for developers in here, and it's interesting to see that some of the same things developers look for a team member are the same as those that a BA might look for. 

More rambling! A discussion of various topics, some are even related to Salesforce. In particular we cover:   Curtailing Twitter usage Rob Plays - C64 Game Reviews from Rob Caporetto (if you like these please do subscribe!) Salesforce DX - some initial thoughts Steven finally writes some Lightning Components Waiting for Platform Event handling paradigms Wishing for a larger runtime A quick discussion on Salesforce books, with the two classics: Advanced Apex Programming by Dan Appleman Force.com Enterprise Architecture by Andy Fawcett

We're back again! Plans are afoot to make this more regular once again. But for now we've gone from Summer to Fall/Autumn in Australia, so here's a bunch of Chatter about the Summer '17 release.    

We're back! Maybe for more than a few weeks too. In this episode we drivel on about old computers, Lightning Experience, Locker Service and Spring '17.    

In this episode of Code Coverage we talk to Scott Wells, the author of the Illumined Cloud IDE for Salesforce. Illuminated cloud is an alternative IDE built on ItelliJ, and sports many features that make life far easier for developers on the platform. Topics we discuss include:   How Scott got started building Illuminated Cloud The feature set of Illuminated Cloud How he implemented the debugger Weirdness with APIs on the platform Dreamforce!   Illuminated Cloud sessions at Dreamforce: Tuesday Morning Chris Fellows - Illuminated Cloud & Lightning Components   Tuesday Afternoon - 5:00pm Scott Wells - Live Demo of Illuminated Cloud

In this episode we're joined by Simon Goodyear, for a chat covering many aspects of developing on the platform. We got a bit carried away and it got a little long, but Simon has very interesting insights on all manner of topics, including: Supporting customers when you develop a product Drinking beer and starting businesses Dynamics! External Objects and OData Lightning development on a large scale Platform limits and innovation Fun and games with managed packages The choice of IDEs available for the platform Damaging hardware and email management  

So we accidentally had another hiatus. This was entirely unintentional and we've talked plenty about recording, it's just that sometimes life (and work) happens.  We're back... again... and planning to keep up some momentum this time. Steven wrote some code and a tester found some bugs A novel use of reports to do calculations akin to a roll-up summary Matt found a quirk with SOQL's DAY_IN_WEEK() function Swatch Internet Time Various tools we use:  Illuminated Cloud! The IDE Salesforce developers deserve TestPilot - automated test runs and org backups Gearset - a solid Salesforce delpoyment tool Pains with using other people's computers (a.k.a. the cloud) Matt bought a computer that he likes to use a lot Stephen bought a more powerful computer that is happy to play multiple games at once

Note: some of my audio and pronounciation goes funky towards the end of this episode. I suffered some technical difficulties that meant I was hearing myself echo at full volume with approximately half a second of delay, I think I know exactly what this feels like now - Lacey In this episode we chat with the amazingly productive Dan Appleman (@DanAppleman); if you don't recognise that name then you can't have been around the Salesforce development community for very long! Dan makes some excellent points on a variety of topics, including: Developing on the platform over the years and how the gotchas have changed How the CPU time governor limit is affected by process and workflows The joys of working with Salesforce support His PluralSight courses: Apex for Programmers Salesforce for .NET Developers (short course) Data Visualisation for Developers His book: Advanced Apex Programming (now in the 3rd Edition) Industry challenges that have arisen from greater levels of abstraction JavaScript, it's use in Lightn