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 4 :
Evergreen platform:
The Evergreen platform is built by both the Lightning platform and the Heroku platform team. It's built on top of Kubernetes and designed to be scalable.
Evergreen functions
Works like Azure Functions/AWS Lambda.
Serverless functions invocable from all native function invocation (Process Builder, Apex, Platform event, etc.).
Will support Node.Js, Apex, and Java. That means you get access to actual all-purpose powerful languages and tools securely managed inside your Salesforce environment.
NPM packages are available to use, as you would in any other Node.js projects, saving a lot of time in the development process.
The function will receive a secured access to your org data to perform any DML operation.
Other information
The Evergreen platform also offers some managed data stores such as Redis, PostgreSQL, and Kafka.
It will also offer microservices hosting, for modern web app or API.
The entire platform is built on Kubernetes and offers managed scaling to handle the load.
While the pricing model is still not clear, a few functions will probably be included with every Salesforce license and the rest will be pay-per-use.
Available for preview in Spring 2020. Note that only Node.Js functions will be supported at the time of release.
Salesforce CLI:
The Salesforce CLI is an incredible tool for developers. While it's been released for a while, Salesforce is constantly updating it and adding more and more features. Note that the release of the CLI is not tied to the "4 release a year" like the rest of the platform so you should check out new features often.
The CLI can be used to make so data manipulation, to run tests, to create new Apex class, to make deployments or even manage Salesforce Scratch org.
The community as created a lot of great plugins, check out Shane McLaughlin's list of awesome plugins to get started and inspire you.
Overall recap:
Well, it was my first time at Dreamforce and I'm really glad that I was able to attend this amazing event. While TrailheaDX was more technical, Dreamforce was filled with inspiring moments and speakers.
Some amazing announcements where made, like the Evergreen Platform or the Dynamic Forms, and I strongly encourage you to read my daily recaps or visit the Dreamforce 2019 website to learn all about them.
Salesforce future is bright and I'm more excited than ever to be part of this community.
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