As a seasoned professional in this dynamic ecosystem, you hold the key to unlocking the full potential of aspiring Salesforce interns. Your role as a mentor is not just about imparting knowledge; it's about fostering growth, building confidence, and nurturing the next generation of Salesforce experts. As a mentor for a Salesforce intern, your role is pivotal in guiding their learning and growth within the Salesforce ecosystem.  I have been mentoring newcomers since 2015. Based on the experience I gained and the learning from other mentors, a guideline is prepared to help you effectivel ..read more

In the dynamic world of Salesforce development, making the right architectural decisions can significantly impact the success and scalability of your projects. Regarding managing configuration data for integrations, two options stand out: Custom Metadata and Custom Settings. In this blog post, we'll delve into the difference between each option to help you decide on your integration needs. Custom Metadata: Harnessing the Power of Metadata-Driven Configuration Custom Metadata offers a metadata-driven approach to managing configuration data in Salesforce. Here are some key features that make C ..read more

Salesforce Trailhead is becoming the most interactive way of learning Salesforce. To learn about the key differentiators that drive Salesforce success; Salesforce core values, innovative technology, and vibrant ecosystem, suggest you to go to the recently launched trail called Navigate the Salesforce Advantage. To learn about the key differentiators that drive your success: your core values, innovative technology, and vibrant ecosystem, the Navigate the Salesforce Advantage Trail is the greatest way. This trail contains FOUR modules; Salesforce Success Model (2 Units) - Le ..read more

Salesforce Trailhead is becoming the most interactive way of learning Salesforce. Couple of days ago, the team Trailhead released 1 new trail & 6 awesome badges, bringing us to an astronomical 13 trails & 70 badges! And, for the first time ever, you can follow Trailhead into space to build a stellar Battle Station management app. This contains the followings; Trail:  Admin Advanced trail Modules:  Apex Integration Services Advanced Formulas LEX Chatter Basics LEX Data Management Application Lifecycle Management (rewritten) Project:  Build a Battle Stat ..read more

Cloud computing has made significant changes to the IT/software development industry. Cloud platforms are one of the important directions of cloud computing. Cloud platforms allow the developers to develop apps and run them on the Cloud, including platforms for building on-demand applications and platforms as a service (PaaS). Salesforce.com has introduced the first on-demand platform called Force.com. “Learning Force.com Application Development” is a hands-on guide aimed towards developing Force.com applications on the Force.com platform. As you read through the content, you will notice th ..read more

The release process of Salesforce Summer 14' is already begun. The final release weekend will be started on 18th July, 2014. All remaining Salesforce systems will be upgraded over this final release weekend. This is also the upgrade weekend for any Sandboxes you’ve opted not to include in the Sandbox preview. The Salesforce Summer'14 Release Note is already released. This time it is a big release note which has over 300+ pages. Therefore, I'm looking at the top features coming in Summer ’14. This is according to the my point of view. Configure Push Notifications for Your Salesfor ..read more

A sandbox is basically a replication of your Salesforce org you can use for development, testing, and training without disrupting your production environment. Sandboxes are completely isolated from your Salesforce production organization, so anything you do in your sandboxes will not affect your Salesforce production application, and vice-versa. Sandbox provides a set of tools that deliver real, tangible business benefits and it’s not just for developers. If you make a mess of things, your “real” data and org is protected and your sandbox can be refreshed 29 days from its creation or from the ..read more

In visualforce, there is a method for passing parameters from visualforce page to controller using javascript and actionFunction. Here is the example; /*JavaScript*/ <script type="text/javascript">function doSave(date) { paraFunction(document.getElementById(date).value);}</script> /*Action Function*/ <apex:actionFunction name="paraFunction" action="{!saveInterviewDate}" rerender="view"> <apex:param id="aname" name="interviewDate" value="" /> </apex:actionFunction> /*Call the javaScript from here*/ <apex:commandLink onclick="doSave('{!$Compon ..read more

Javascript remoting is the process that provides support for some methods in APEX controllers to be called via Javascript.The @RemoteAction annotation is currently available as a Developer preview.You have to contact Salesforce.com support to enable this feature.To use Javascript remoting, your request must take the following form: [<namespace>.]<controller>.<method>([params...,] <callbackFunction>(result, event){// callback function logic}, {escape:true}); namespace is your organization's namespace. This is only required if the class comes from an installed packaged ..read more

Javascript is one of key browser technology on Visualforce pages. Javascript provides the framework for communication between other Javascript objects, HTML elements and visualforce controller. This example will explain how can we use javascripts in visualforce pages. <apex:page><script>function changeFont(input, textid) {if(input.checked) document.getElementById(textid).style.fontWeight = "bold";else document.getElementById(textid).style.fontWeight = "normal";}</script><apex:outputPanel layout="block"><label for="checkbox">Click this box to change text font: &l ..read more