Salesforce Platform Enterprise Architecture - Fourth Edition: A must-read guide to help you architect and deliver packaged applications for enterprise (Paperback or Softback)

Deliver impressive enterprise-grade applications using the Salesforce Platform with the help of established architectural patterns and best developer practices.

Key Features

• Use the latest capabilities of the Salesforce Platform to code robust apps and web experiences, with an extended focus on Lightning Web Components
• Branch out to Java, Node.js, and other languages with a new chapter exploring app development capabilities using Heroku and Functions
• Extend your application with access to external services following new coverage of OpenAPI enabled API services

Book Description

Salesforce makes architecting enterprise grade applications easy and secure – but you'll need guidance to leverage its full capabilities and deliver top-notch products for your customers.

This fourth edition brings practical guidance to the table, taking you on a journey through building and shipping enterprise-grade apps.

This guide will teach you advanced application architectural design patterns such as separation of concerns, unit testing, and dependency injection. You'll also get to grips with Apex and fflib, create scalable services with Java, Node.js, and other languages using Salesforce Functions and Heroku, and find new ways to test Lightning UIs. These key topics, alongside a new chapter on exploring asynchronous processing features, are unique to this edition. You'll also benefit from an extensive case study based on how the Salesforce Platform delivers solutions.

By the end of this Salesforce book, whether you are looking to publish the next amazing application on AppExchange or build packaged applications for your organization, you will be prepared with the latest innovations on the platform.

What you will learn

• Create and deploy packaged apps for your own business or for AppExchange
• Understand Enterprise Application Architecture patterns
• Customize the mobile and desktop user experience with Lightning Web Components
• Manage large data volumes with asynchronous processing and big data strategies
• Learn how to go beyond the Apex language, and utilize Java and Node.js to scale your skills and code with Heroku and Salesforce Functions
• Test and optimize Salesforce Lightning UIs
• Use Connected Apps, External Services, and Objects along with AWS integration tools to access off platform code and data with your application

Who this book is for

If you are a Salesforce developer who wants to unlock the true potential of the Salesforce platform and deliver complex, scalable applications within your company or for use in large enterprises you target through AppExchange, then you have come to the right place. You will need a solid foundation of Salesforce development to dive into this book – it is here to elevate your skills, not teach you the basics.

Table of Contents

1. Building and Publishing Your Application
2. Leveraging Platform Features
3. Application Storage
4. Apex Execution and Separation of Concerns
5. Application Service Layer
6. Application Domain Layer
7. Application Selector Layer
8. Additional Languages, Compute, and Data Services
9. Building User Interfaces
10. User Interfaces and the Lightning Component Framework
11. Providing Integration and Extensibility
12. Asynchronous Processing and Big Data Volumes
13. Unit Testing
14. Source Control and Continuous Integration
15. Integrating with External Services
16. Adding AI with Einstein

Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!