As you guys probably know, Dreamforce 2019 is happening right now! I have the amazing opportunity to attend the largest Salesforce conference, happening every year in San Francisco, and I want to share as much as I can of my experience with you guys.
Here are the key takeaways from Day 2 :
Developer Keynote review:
I'm really excited about this keynote, a ton of announcements were made:
Evergreen Functions
Similar to Azure Functions or AWS Lambda, Evergreen functions are serverless and available in apex, but also in Java and in Node.js, meaning we can leverage the existing ecosystem of those languages (like NPM!) to create your solution even faster.
The Evergreen Functions are fully integrated into the platform, meaning you can use them inside all of your favorite declarative tools (like Flows and Process Builders).
You can trigger those Evergreen Functions by using Platform Events, making it really easy to integrate it anywhere in the platform.
For more information about Evergreen Functions, take a look at this article from Salesforce.
Lightning components
Salesforce is open-sourcing more and more of their projects, and the base lightning components are now open source and available on Github.
It is now possible to develop custom lightning web components (LWC) completely locally by using the local development server. For more information about LWC local development, read this article from Salesforce.
API Explorer
A new API portal for developers is available. It allows you to discover all the available salesforce APIs and actually test them out against one of your developer org. The portal is available here.
Blockchain Builder
The blockchain builder will be available in pilot with the winter '20 release.
For more information about blockchain builder, Trailhead has a trail to get you started.
Data Mask
Sometimes you need to have some actual data in your developer Sandbox for testing, but you don't want to expose actual customer information outside your production org. While some third-party tools can anonymize the data for you, Salesforce now has a built-in data anonymization tool: Salesforce Data Mask.
You can use Salesforce Data Mask to replace your real customer information with a random string, pseudo-random strings or even simply delete it.
This is especially useful in a full/partial Sandbox where you might want to do some load test or even integration with the rest of your systems.
More information about Salesforce Data Mask available here.
Real-time Event Monitoring
Salesforce Event Monitoring is now available in real-time! You can now be proactive in preventing unauthorized usage of your data by easily and declaratively setting up policies on your org.
The policies you set-up can prevent users from running specific reports, even inside a dashboard, or even prevent the usage of an API.
You can get more information about this amazing feature in the Winter 20' release note.
To learn more about those topics, follow the Trail Mix created for this keynote or read the official keynote highlight.
Trailhead keynote review:
Trailhead, the amazing learning platform you already know and love, is getting even better. Last year MyTrailhead was announced, allowing you to create your own content and branding. Here's what's coming next :
AWS Partnership
It is now possible to learn AWS and earn badges in Trailhead! Only a few badges are created for now, but they plan on bringing many more. That AWS partnership is a really good thing for us.
You can start learning those news skills right here!
CyberSecurity skills
You can now learn important security skills in trailhead with the new Cybersecurity Trailmix.
College Credits
It is now possible to earn college credit for earning Trailhead badges! Read all about it in this article from the Southern New Hampshire University.
Trailhead Live & Go
It is now possible to use Trailhead anywhere with Trailhead Go, the mobile app available on iOS. While it's not currently available for Android, it is in their roadmap and should be coming in a few months.
Trailhead Live allows you to watch experts video, live or recorded, to learn about the skills you need.
MyTrailhead for partners and community
You can now use MyTrailhead to onboard and train your partners/customers in the great gamified learning environment that is Trailhead.
You can even leverage the Mobile Publisher to create a branded mobile app and make it instantly available for your partners/customers anywhere.
Trailblazer connect
Earning Trailhead badges is a really good way to learn the skills you need to work in the Salesforce ecosystem, but even with those skills, finding a job can be hard. With Trailblazer Connect, Salesforce makes it easier than ever to find a job.
Connect with other Trailblazers or companies right here!
Platform keynote review:
The platform keynote is all about the entire Salesforce ecosystem, from Heroku to Lightning. Here's what's new:
One unified platform
The Lighting And the Heroku Platform will soon be a single unified platform. The details are not really clear yet, but we got a preview of the Developer 360 Portal where we can manage your Heroku pipelines and your Salesforce org in one place. I can't wait to see what happens in the future for those products.
Lightning Full Sandbox
It will soon be possible to create a new Full Sandbox in minutes (instead of a few hours) with the Lightning Full Sandbox.
Lightning keynote review:
The Lightning platform is the UI layer in front of every Salesforce product. Some amazing things are coming!
Dynamics forms and actions
With dynamic forms and actions, it will be possible to control the visibility of fields and buttons with declarative tools.
From the Lightning Page Builder, we will be able to control for every field, the conditions needed for it to show up on the page.
Mobile
With the new Salesforce mobile app, every object is now available on your phone, either Android or iOS. You can even tailor the mobile experience by using the Lighting Page Builder mobile mode.
It is now possible to send push notifications to your user declaratively by using the Mobile Notification Builder.
The Salesforce Mobile Publisher can help you deliver a fully branded native mobile app to your users by publishing it on both the Google Play Store or the Apple Store.
Sessions: Patterns for CI/CD with SFDX
By using the SFDX CLI and GitLab, it is now easier than ever to have a clean CI/CD pipeline. If you want to learn more, Trailhead even has a Trail just for you, available right here!
General Impressions:
- While it's still really crowded, the sessions where more spread out between the different locations, making it easier to get into the sessions/keynote.
So that's if for today! Keep an eye tomorrow for my review of the Admin Keynote!
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