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Failing safe with the Apex Data Loader for Salesforce CRM

Ted Husted — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:05:00 GMT

If you have a way to pull and format data from another system, the Apex Data Loader is a great, on demand way to push data into Salesforce CRM. Without much effort, you can automate the process and create a

Intuitive Forms for a Better User Experience

Craig Ceremuga — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:28:24 GMT

Every association has online forms these days. There's so many advantages, from decreased costs, to instant database insertion and increased report ability. Modern technologies have also made it incredibly easy for anyone to make a form and post it online. With that said, there's a lot you can do to make your end users have a better experience when they're filling out forms.

Catch me on the flip-side: Responding to Outbound Messages in Salesforce CRM

Ted Husted — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:00:09 GMT

In a previous blog, we walked through example code for an Outbound Message Listener. We covered the essentials, but Salesforce CRM offers a nifty twist on just sending an outbound message to an external system. Not only can a

Unloading Salesforce CRM Data with Outbound Messages

Ted Husted — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:05:30 GMT

No software application is an island, and Salesforce provides two great mechanisms for getting data in and out of your org. To get bits in, there's the Data Loader and other tools that use the same APIs. To get data

Toggling PDF Mode in Visualforce Pages

Ted Husted — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:33:11 GMT

Toggling PDF Mode In a Visualforce Apex Page Salesforce.com has made it easy to blend custom Visualforce pages into a standard Salesforce CRM site. Using the standard stylesheets and a smattering of markup, we can cobble up a custom Account,

Managing a Related Object via a Checkbox in Salesforce CRM

Ted Husted — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:35:36 GMT

This Force.com recipe shows how to use a checkbox to manage a related object via an Apex trigger.Problem An off the shelf integration requires the existence of a specific Salesforce CRM Opportunity object. When the object is present, the

Test Driven Development with Apex Triggers on Force.com

Ted Husted — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:36:28 GMT

In an earlier blog , we examined a simple example of Test Driven Development (TDD). Here, we dive into a real life example of using TDD to develop production Apex code for Salesforce CRM.How does TDD work in practice?Let's walk

Test Driven Development with Apex on Force.com

Ted Husted — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:37:48 GMT

As far as I know, Force.com the software development platform for Salesforce CRM is the only platform that requires unit test coverage for production code. Before an Apex developer can deploy custom code to a production environment, the overall unit

Easy Native Apps With HTML5

Craig Ceremuga — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:44:30 GMT

The year is 2011 and mobile is the hottest buzzword on the block. You’ve got a killer idea for a slick mobile app that’s going to take the world by storm, but you don’t know where to begin. You have a ton of experience writing HTML, CSS and Javascript, but you shudder at the thought of learning Objective-C the Cocoa Touch framework. If this sounds like what’s going through your head right now, have no fear, I’ll point you in the right direction.

2011: A Typeface Odyssey

Craig Ceremuga — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:42:12 GMT

If you’re designing a website and want to make it more unique from all the rest, there are so many more options available today then there were even 2-3 years ago.