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Salesforce DevOps for Architects

Salesforce DevOps for Architects

By : Cowell, Lars Malmqvist
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Salesforce DevOps for Architects

Salesforce DevOps for Architects

4.8 (11)
By: Cowell, Lars Malmqvist

Overview of this book

Rob Cowell is a Salesforce DevOps Advocate with extensive experience as a Salesforce Developer and Architect, guiding best practices for Salesforce DevOps. Lars Malmqvist, a 32x certified Salesforce CTA, has 15 years of experience building advanced Salesforce solutions and is the author of two books, Architecting AI Solutions on Salesforce and Salesforce Anti-Patterns. As the Salesforce Platform evolves, architects face increasing demand for advanced solutions. This book serves as your definitive guide to mastering effective DevOps practices crucial for successful Salesforce projects. Beginning with cultivating a DevOps mindset focused on collaboration and communication, it emphasizes governance, visibility, and accountability. You'll delve into tools and techniques, leveraging the robust capabilities of SFDX to craft your strategy efficiently. This book stands out for its practical approach to Salesforce packaging and CI/CD stack creation, guiding you to build a seamless automated change delivery system with freely available software. It addresses critical operational concerns such as ticket management, backups, change monitoring, and data seeding. In the final chapters, you'll discover third-party solutions to expedite your Salesforce DevOps journey, empowering you to deliver sophisticated and efficient projects.
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Practical use of the CI/CD pipeline

Once an automated CI/CD pipeline is in place for Salesforce development, new disciplines and practices can emerge to take full advantage of its capabilities. The most immediate benefit is the real-time visibility that the pipeline dashboard provides into the health of the entire process. Build statuses, test results, deployment records, and other key indicators can be monitored to quickly identify pipeline failures and rapidly troubleshoot any issues before they become major problems.

Increased visibility facilitates practices such as incorporating quality gates into the process. Required standards such as code coverage thresholds can be enforced, ensuring quality before releases. With CI, developers gain the confidence to merge code frequently into a shared mainline repository, promoting effective trunk-based development.

Another major advantage is how the pipeline tightens and shortens feedback loops. Automated testing and rapid build/deploy...

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