Developer Tips
Specify Apex Tests Before Deploying
You can now specify which Apex tests you want to run in Salesforce before you deploy with Blue Canvas.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer3 min read
Blog
Salesforce DevOps guides, release management practices and technical deep-dives from the Blue Canvas team.
Developer Tips
TrailheaDX '17 Recap
TrailheaDX was a developer-friendly conference by Salesforce, focused on Einstein, DX, and Lightning. It provided insights on how to leverage Einstein and the beta for Salesforce DX. The conference raised interesting questions that will be answered at Dreamforce '17.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer3 min read
Developer Tips
Developer's Guide: Salesforce Deployment Best Practices
Learn practical Salesforce deployment best practices and tips from expert developer Atlas Can for smooth salesforce deployment operations.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer14 min read
Best Practices
Setting Up Sandboxes for Salesforce CI
How to use Salesforce sandboxes to set up a Continuous Integration workflow, plus how Salesforce DX affects sandbox management.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer7 min read
Salesforce DevOps
Optimizations for Salesforce Orgs with Lots of Data (Part 2)
Optimize Salesforce org performance with efficient queries, indices, and selectivity. Part 2 of our 4 part series on handling large data volumes.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer10 min read
Salesforce DevOps
Optimize Salesforce Development with SourceTree: Learn How
Simplify your Salesforce development workflow using SourceTree. Explore its graphical interface, track changes, collaborate effortlessly, and more.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer8 min read
Salesforce DevOps
Automated Testing for Salesforce with Provar
How you can leverage Blue Canvas CI to run automated tests in the cloud with Provar Testing.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer4 min read
Admin Tips
Why, When, and How to Refresh Salesforce Sandboxes?
Learn about Salesforce sandbox refresh best practices in our comprehensive guide. Understand the process to refresh a sandbox and tools to sync metadata with production.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer8 min read
Security and Efficiency
Better Audit Trails for Release Management in Salesforce
Version control through Blue Canvas gives you far richer information than the out of the box Salesforce Audit Trail.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer3 min read
Developer Tips
Salesforce Rollbacks with Git
How to rollback a Salesforce change using Git without having to use the command line.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer5 min read
Developer Tips
Salesforce DX and Blue Canvas
Salesforce is investing in a strategic overhaul of the Force.com developer experience with Salesforce DX, while Blue Canvas offers a managed service that brings native source control to the Salesforce platform in a way that enables CI. Blue Canvas will leverage a lot of the tools that DX makes available, but it is backwards compatible to your current workflow and in private beta today.
Randalyn Hill-Coffer5 min read
Developer Tips
Other Blue Canvas Posts Around the Web
Blue Canvas founder Alex Brausewetter guest blogs on Salesforce developer tooling topics on popular blogs like Salesforce Ben and Automation Champion.
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