What is SOQL in Salesforce SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is a query language used to search for and retrieve data from Salesforce objects in the Salesforce platform. It is like SQL (Structured Query Language) used in relational databases but is specifically designed to work with Salesforce data. With SOQL, you can retrieve data from […]
Software Development
Managing the Uncertainty and Complexity in Software Development – Discovering the Problem (part 1/3)
This is the first post of a blog series which summarizes the lessons I learned during a technological migration with high uncertainty and complexity. In this post, I’ll talk about how I discovered a problem. Recently, during a migration from a client’s project, I had the opportunity to apply and improve my skill set: technical, […]
Is Your Postman Delivering Too Much? Postman Alternatives
I’ve been a long-time user of Postman, and I’ve seen it grow throughout the years. All I need from Postman is a REST client to check my API endpoints. Recently though, as I opened Postman and had to click through three offers for services I will never use, I started thinking that I should take […]
Automating Front-End Builds with a Windows Shortcut
If you’re a front-end developer, you know that building and deploying your code can be a time-consuming process. But what if you could automate the entire process with just a few clicks? In this blog post, we’ll show you how to use a Windows shortcut to checkout the master branch, clean up your repository with […]
Automation Testing – Demo Websites to test your skills
On the link bellow you will find a list of websites ready and designed to enhance automation testing skills and to practice with different technologies. Automation Testing_ Demo websites to practice or test your skills
SQL Tuning
In D & A Projects, building efficient SQL Queries is critical to achieving the Extraction and Load Batch cycles to complete faster and to meet the desired SLAs. The below observations are towards following the approaches to ensure writing SQL queries that meet the Best Practices to facilitate performance improvements. Tuning Approach Pre-Requisite Checks Before […]
Performance Tuning Guidelines – Informatica PowerCenter
Quite often, while building the Data Integration Pipeline, Performance is a critical factor. The factors below are vital for following the guidelines while working on ETL processing with Informatica PowerCenter. The following items are to be considered during ETL DEV: Pre-Requisite Checks and Analysis Basic Tuning Guidelines Additional Tuning Practices Tuning Approach Pre-Requisite Checks/Analysis Before […]
Using PowerShell Scripts to Help the Client Make Informed Decisions
Every week, you buy broccoli at the grocery store to make for the family dinner. If you knew that 3 of your 5 family members didn’t like broccoli and never ate it, would you still buy it every week? If your client constantly funnels effort towards a component that was rarely used or in a […]
The Importance of Web Accessibility in Site Navigation
What is Web Accessibility? You may have heard that term a lot lately. With almost 62% of the world’s population using Internet today, it is crucial for the business to be available to all out there. The Web is designed to work for all people, regardless of their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. Image […]
Maximizing Efficiency with Copado: Tips and Tricks
Introduction to Copado Salesforce-specific DevOps platform Copado is hosted in the cloud. It offers automation and collaboration technologies to assist businesses in streamlining their deployment procedure, increasing productivity, and minimizing manual errors. As well as integrating with other tools and monitoring the health of their Salesforce system, Copado assists teams in automating change management. Organizations […]
Deploying a Sitecore Instance on a “Local” Kubernetes (k8s) Setup Pt2
In the first blog of this series (here), I laid the foundation of why I chose this POC and my investigation into potential tools such as MiniKube and Kind, and why these did not work for me. I eventually settled on AKS Edge Essentials from Microsoft. Now I will take a slightly deeper dive into how […]
The Importance of Tracking Requirements Updates
The beauty of Agile is its ability to adapt to change. One of the principles behind the Agile Manifesto is “Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage.” Clients change their minds. Maybe they don’t like how something looks or functions once it’s using real-world, actual content. […]