122: Salesforce Development with Dan Appleman Pt. 1

This is Part 1 of our conversation with Dan Appleman, author, software engineer, and entrepreneur. Dan has created several PluralSight courses out there and is very well known for his books on Advanced Apex. 

Not having any background in writing software in Salesforce, Dan spent months just experimenting and thinking about how one translates existing standard design patterns into the world of cloud computing with limits, different use of static variables, and execution contexts. He ended up creating an architecture around what he had learned and built the very first instance of their response management application based on that architecture. 

Show Highlights:

• Dan’s early years and his love for computing
• His introduction into Salesforce/cloud computing
• Dan’s first experience doing Apex trigger
• His passion for education
• How he got involved in Pluralsight
• The impetus behind developing materials targeting admins
• Why SFDX source is the center of the universe in the modern world
• The impact of automation on developers
• The power of admins and developers working together

Links:

• Dan on Twitter: http://twitter.com/danappleman
• Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danappleman/
• Dan on Github: https://github.com/DesawarePublishing
• Personal blog: https://danappleman.com
• Advanced Apex blog: https://advancedapex.com/
• Custom search engine for all things Salesforce: https://searchtheforce.com
• Pluralsight courses: https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/dan-appleman

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