122: Salesforce Development with Dan Appleman Pt. 1

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dan’s early years and his love for computing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">His introduction into Salesforce/cloud computing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dan’s first experience doing Apex trigger</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">His passion for education</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he got involved in Pluralsight</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The impetus behind developing materials targeting admins</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why SFDX source is the center of the universe in the modern world</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The impact of automation on developers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The power of admins and developers working together</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</str