How To Set Up CICD On Bitbucket Pipelines With Salesforce DX And Delta Deployment

Learn how to setup set up CICD delta deployment with Salesforce DX. Tips and tricks for authorisation , setting up node and the basic git commands. I’m revamping our CICD process with Salesforce DX and Bitbucket Pipeline with the following initial setup which will only a delta deployment Authentication method – authorize an org and… Read More How To Set Up CICD On Bitbucket Pipelines With Salesforce DX And Delta Deployment

June 29, 2020June 13, 2021 lopau2 Comments

How to Validate forms built with Lightning Components

Learn how to validate lightning components forms easily. I recently had a requirement to create a basic lightning component to capture form inputs. I previously had a not so good experience with building custom validation with Lightning components back in Summer17 when lightning was pretty new. I was using force:inputField and also used lightning:inputField. Past… Read More How to Validate forms built with Lightning Components

October 17, 2019September 23, 2020 lopau1 Comment

Passed the Mulesoft Certified Developer(Mule4) Level 1 Exam

The MuleSoft Certified Developer Mule4 Level is a very tough exam to prepare for. Even with having taken the online 5 day Fundamentals course last August. I failed my first attempt of the exam last week. So I booked another schedule the week after and really focused on the skills and concepts I was lacking.… Read More Passed the Mulesoft Certified Developer(Mule4) Level 1 Exam

October 15, 2018September 23, 2020 lopau25 Comments

How to use a Fritz! Box 7490 as a WIFI Extender

Since fibre just recently became available in our neighbourhood I just got it installed about a month ago and has been enjoying it. The location in the house where I had the fibre box set up was in the living room as I wanted to hook it up to the gaming console. I didn’t know… Read More How to use a Fritz! Box 7490 as a WIFI Extender

September 22, 2018December 1, 2020 lopau6 Comments

Demystifying JSON Parsing In Apex

Learn by demystifying JSON parsing in Apex. You got back a JSON string either as a response from a REST service, passed through from your visual force page via remote action, or passed from your lighting component to your apex controller, now how do you parse this information? For simple JSON structures Salesforce can automatically… Read More Demystifying JSON Parsing In Apex

March 9, 2018December 1, 2020 lopau7 Comments

Data Modelling Tips for Salesforce

What is a Data Model? a way to model what databases tables look like in a way that makes sense made up of data entities – can be objects or concepts? to track data types of data model conceptual – high-level business structures and concepts logical – establish entities, their attributes and relationships physical –… Read More Data Modelling Tips for Salesforce

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 lopauLeave a comment

Journey to Salesforce CTA Starts Again Now

Last 2018 when I was an employee I started on a journey to prepare for a Salesforce CTA. At that time I went to all the prerequisite certifications and smash them one after the other. Then at the start of 2019 my focus changed and gave up on the idea of becoming Salesforce CTA. My… Read More Journey to Salesforce CTA Starts Again Now

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 lopauLeave a comment

Missing git tool on MacOS xcrun: error: invalid active developer path

I experienced this on MacOS Big Sur but it should apply as well on earlier OS. When you try to run git clone from the terminal you might get this error. Full error below. Git for some reason is not preinstalled. It can be installed in variety of ways. You can install the Xcode which… Read More Missing git tool on MacOS xcrun: error: invalid active developer path

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 lopauLeave a comment

Looking Back at 2020

Happy New Year! Hope everyone is safe. This is my yearly recap as I look back on stuffs I have set out to do for 2020 and setting out new goals for 2021. 2020 was a roller coaster ride. It was the pandemic year where millions of lives have changed around the world and brought… Read More Looking Back at 2020

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 lopauLeave a comment

How To Install Firebase Pods on Apple Silicon Macs

When trying to install firebase pod and you try to build that project in Xcode you might end up with this error. FIRAnalyticsConnector’ for architecture arm64clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) To get around this. Delete the xcworkspace, update your Podfile. On your Podfile you need to… Read More How To Install Firebase Pods on Apple Silicon Macs

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 lopauLeave a comment

Error Running CocoaPod pod install on MacOS BigSur With ffi

On MacOS Big Sur, running pod install against a simple Podfile is throwing an error in Ruby. Podfile LoadError – dlsym(0x7fc9ddbb5340, Init_ffi_c): symbol not found – /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.13.1/lib/ffi_c.bundle To get around this error. It seems you have to install ffi and disable the ffi ruby library that comes shipped with MacOS Big Sur. After running the… Read More Error Running CocoaPod pod install on MacOS BigSur With ffi

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 lopauLeave a comment

How to Install Intel Apps From The Terminal On M1 Apple Silicon Macs

With the latest Apple Silicon M1 Macs. Program compatibility was going to be an issue with early adopters as not all applications for the M1 which uses a different arm architecture compared to intel architecture apps. For Apple to get around this problem, they introduced Rosetta 2. This app is sort of an emulation software.… Read More How to Install Intel Apps From The Terminal On M1 Apple Silicon Macs

November 30, 2020December 7, 2020 lopauLeave a comment

How To Validate Lightning Component forms In Flow Screens

If you are looking to learn how to validate custom lightning components forms in a flow screen then hopefully this post could shed some light on what can be accomplished and the solutions implemented around it. So far, I found it straight forward to add a custom lightning component in a flow screen, simply specify… Read More How To Validate Lightning Component forms In Flow Screens

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 lopauLeave a comment

How To Use Decorators In Lightning Web Components

My goal is to upskill on Lightning Web Components(LWC) and create a course in the next few months. Aside from learning kebab case is not a food, the other thing that made me scratch my head when I dabbled with LWC was decorators. I used them but didn’t fully understand what they are. Anyway, I’ll… Read More How To Use Decorators In Lightning Web Components

August 27, 2020December 1, 2020 lopauLeave a comment

How to Add SceneDelegate to an Existing Storyboard Project in XCode

I have an old project previously built on IOS12 and now trying to add new features on IOS 13. One of the things I’m trying to wrap my head around before I start adding new functionalities to my app is the introduction of UIWindowScene and the support for multiple window for iOS and iPadOS. What… Read More How to Add SceneDelegate to an Existing Storyboard Project in XCode

July 27, 2020August 3, 2020 lopauLeave a comment

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