3 Million AppExchange Installs
This month, Salesforce AppExchange installs exceeded 3 million. Recode also has a good insight on this here.
Highcharts using Salesforce1 Reporting API
During my tenure at SAP BusinessObjects, I helped many customers who wanted to customize out-of-the-box reporting tools to either extend their functionality or match the look and feel of the reports to be more like the rest of their in-house application. While at LaunchWorks, I helped the company build their main product that allows full customization [...]
Intro to App Development in Salesforce
Salesforce applications are highly customizable, and when I say Salesforce applications what I mean is their CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and so forth. This is because they are built on the Salesforce1 Platform (also known as Force.com) Not only did Salesforce build their products on a flexible platform but they offer the [...]
Let’s Go Social
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Highcharts 3D Column Chart in Salesforce
Now that I will be spending a lot of time with Highcharts and Salesforce, I will share some code that you can use if you need to embed Highcharts.js into your Salesforce projects. A few skills you need: Create custom objects and custom fields Create Apex Controller classes Create Visualforce pages Create Visualforce tabs Create Apex [...]
Product Path : Highcharts in Salesforce
As a developer, I have been dreaming about creating my own product for many years. I made a few attempts but it proved to be difficult when working at a full-time job and trying to do it on the side. When I started a family, the spare time became more scarce and it was hard to [...]
Office Space
I have been working from home for the past 6 years. My former employer was located in San Antonio, Texas, where I travelled occasionally but 99% of the time I worked from home. When I started with LaunchWorks, we were expecting our first child. This was really great because working remotely gave me the flexibility to [...]
Vancouver Salesforce Developer Meetup Group
My business partner and I have been talking about networking with people in our industry. We tried to check out the Salesforce user group in Vancouver but they don't seem to meet very often. We found that the developer group is more active here in Vancouver and well supported by Salesforce.com. The meetup page showed that [...]
Salesforce.com Developer Certification
I am not a huge fan of exams. Throughout my school years, I dreaded quizzes, tests, midterms and exams. I did well when I had to solve problems through homework and assignments. I liked practical activities where I simply needed to make things work and produce results. Exams on the other hand, you have to memorize [...]
Jumping in with both feet
My business partner and I have been running Blue Flame Software on the side for about 5 years. We both held our day jobs to pay our bills and support our families. It was great because we got to work on different ideas and got passionate about our craft. It was our creative outlet. Also, we [...]