Update: With Spring ’18, there is a new feature that will allow for taking advantage of mass checking records that meet duplicate criteria and for duplicate record set management. For more information, check out the release notes! https://releasenotes.docs.salesforce.com/en-us/spring18/release-notes/rn_sales_data_quality_duplicate_jobs.htm So you’re excited to take advantage of the new duplicate management features, […]
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NOTE: As of Winter ’18, API v41, all components below are available with the standard lightning:dynamicIcon component. This post will continue to exist should anyone need to reference for making their own SVGs. With the addition of the new Lightning:icon components, it’s great for being able to easily add the […]
Dynamic Icons in Lightning Components
I felt like I needed to add a little pizazz to some of my components. I do this using CSS3 animations. The below is an example of how I did just that. Now, a quick disclaimer, a lot of this is hardcoded but I could refactor it to make it […]
Animation in components – HTML, CSS & Javascript

For developers, we all know that it is not very good to keep our passwords, usernames, and security tokens in a plain text file, yet the sample provided by Salesforce in the force.com migration tool does this. I was looking for a better way. I have a few but ultimately, […]
Authentication Into ANT

In the previous post on ANT, we learned how to retrieve components in bulk. In this post, we’re going to learn how to retrieve specific metadata components and deploy them to an organization after removing them. First thing is first, please make sure that you’ve spun up a new developer […]
ANT Series – Getting Specific

Okay, who else has been #StruckByLightning? It’s okay, raise your hand! I got hit three times tonight. Let me tell you about some of the awesome features that I found when doing the prerelease treasurehunt. 1. Assistant This was called the “Salesforce version of Jarvis” during the viewing party. […]
Struck By Lightning

In this post I’m going to cover some tips to help you to get to a more happy and healthy org. The first set of tips are on SOQL to help you check who has what permissions, moving into the more standard administrator org health checks through the user interface […]
Conducting An Org Health Check

Last year was my first year to Dreamforce. I was so excited and enthused that my company had sent me. I learned quite a few things and would love to pass them on to you before your Dreamforce arrives. The Tactical & Practical 1. If you book a session, […]
21 Tips for Dreamforce

Having been someone who has spent a majority of his time at one organization refining skills, I can understand the swarm of feelings that you’re going to go through. I can understand the overwhelming excitement that you’ll feel, the fear of moving and being in a new environment and the […]