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Dec 22

Top 11 Programming Skills of 2011

Here are the top programming skills of 2011 according to Gild.

Unfortunately Apex did not make the cut this year. I expect it will soon enough as Salesforce is constantly making it’s development platform innovative and powerful. The year of 2011 included many new features for Apex including the Rest API, Streaming API, Native JSON, and of course Database.com.

Top Programming Skills of 2011

Source: Gild – Top 11 Programming Skills of 2011.

Dec 5

Now Officially a Salesforce.com Certified Developer!

Nov 17

Schedule Apex

Schedule Apex Jobs

The easiest way to schedule a recurring task to run at intervals other than daily or weekly is through the system log.

If your objective is to simply schedule an apex schedulable class to run on a daily or weekly basis, then using the Salesforce interface is best. This is done by going to Setup->Develop->Apex Classes then clicking on the ‘Schedule Apex’ button.

However if the objective is to run your class every hour, every half hour, or fifteen minutes then this quick tutorial will show you how.
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Jul 14

Salesforce vs. The Competition (Live Chart)

Using Google Trends I was able to create an up-to-date snapshot of the current trend in Customer Relationship Management. Included is Salesforce and just a couple CRM rivals.

To create your own Google Trends chart click here.

Jul 10

Seeking Graphic Designer

I am looking for a graphic designer to design my new logo. The logo will have a New Mexican accent but with a northwestern techie feel.

I would prefer a local designer to work with, however would consider those that work well remotely.

Please drop me a note if you are interested.

Thank you.