Author: Jesse Altman

The Spring ’15 release is approaching quickly! As with every Salesforce release, it comes with a plethora of new features. Over the next few weeks, I am going to outline what I find to be some of the cooler features. @testSetup One of the nicest features of Spring ’15 in my mind is @testSetup. From

Heroku was a big theme at Dreamforce ’14 this year, releasing a bunch of new, amazing features. As many of you know, Heroku was acquired by Salesforce back in early 2011. Heroku is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), providing support for several programming languages including Ruby, Java, PHP, Node.js, and more. To be brief, Heroku provides a

More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago. And here’s a big reason we’ve seen such incredible growth and innovation: Most Internet providers have treated Internet traffic equally. That’s a principle known as “net neutrality” – and it says that an entrepreneur’s

You may have heard that Salesforce1 Lightning was announced at Dreamforce ’14. Truthfully, it may have been a bit confusing at first if you were following the development scene beforehand. That confusion may be compounded by the fact that the “Lightning” term seems to be thrown around all over the place. At the end of

As you all know, last week was Dreamforce ’14. I had a fantastic time and in my mind, it was a huge success. With 145,000+ registrants, it was also the largest Dreamforce ever. Getting so many people together is one of the true highlights of the event. Sure, there is a ton of fantastic news

It has never been easier to be a remote worker. Internet speeds on average are the fastest they have ever been and more companies are deploying tools to keep their entire workforce connected and secure at all times (like Chatter, Salesforce, GoToMeeting, etc, plus using advice from sites like https://www.ewa-ha.com/). In fact, it is not

Last year I wrote an article about the Hour of Code, an effort to get all students at least an hour of computer programming experience. I love the idea behind it and I think it is something that should be done more often. With that said, I have really started to consider the message that

Dreamforce (#DF14) is an amazing event that runs from October 13-16, 2014 in San Francisco, CA. It features some well known keynote speakers (Hillary Rodham Clinton, Al Gore, Tony Robbins, Marc Benioff, and more) as well as a concert by Bruno Mars. I have posted my thoughts about Dreamforce before, but I wanted to spend

A month ago, on Thursday July 10, 2014, I spoke at the Lehigh Valley Salesforce Developer User Group (@LVSFDCDUG) on “Clean Code and Software Professionalism on the Force.com Platform”. In this article, I would like to focus on the second half of my presentation on Clean Code. If you are interested, please review the slides

Last Thursday, July 10, 2014, I spoke at the Lehigh Valley Salesforce Developer User Group (@LVSFDCDUG) on “Clean Code and Software Professionalism on the Force.com Platform”. In this article, I would like to focus on the first half of my presentation on Software Professionalism. If you are interested, please review the slides I have posted