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Salesforce DevOps guides, release management practices and technical deep-dives from the Blue Canvas team.

Security and Efficiency

How We Think About Security at Blue Canvas

Blue Canvas prioritizes security and invests in it early. They value a culture of security and have updated their documentation for transparency.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer1 min read
Developer Tips

Our Top Posts in 2017

Blue Canvas had a successful 2017, releasing new products and raising financing. They highlight their best blog posts of the year for Salesforce developers.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer4 min read
Role & Permission Management

Streamline Your Business with Salesforce Profile Automation

Navigating the dynamic world of Salesforce can be daunting, especially when it comes to managing user profiles efficiently. That's where Salesforce profile automation steps in, transforming tedious manual tasks into streamlined processes. As someone who's delved into the intricacies of Salesforce, I've seen firsthand how automation can revolutionize the way businesses operate, saving time and reducing errors.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer6 min read
Developer Tips

Things We Learned Working with Salesforce in 2016

Blue Canvas founders Jack and Alex discovered the power of the Salesforce community and the importance of source control and CI for developers.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer5 min read
Developer Tips

Speed Up Your Git Commands with SCM Breeze

Jack Moxon, co-founder of Blue Canvas, recommends using SCM Breeze, a Bash library that simplifies Git commands and encourages good habits.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer3 min read
Best Practices

Salesforce and Bitbucket

How to leverage Salesforce and Bitbucket to make your team better.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer3 min read
Salesforce DevOps

TrailheaDX Sessions You Should See

Salesforce's TrailheaDX conference on June 28 will focus on new innovations, including Salesforce DX and Einstein, with a range of sessions available.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer7 min read
Salesforce DevOps

What is Salesforce CPQ?

What is Salesforce CPQ and how can you use it to drive revenue for your business?

Randalyn Hill-Coffer4 min read
Developer Tips

Git Commit Messages for Salesforce

Collaborative coding with Git has led to Commit Logs From Last Night, a website showcasing humorous commit messages on GitHub repos. Writing good commit messages is important for documentation and clarity, with a header, body, and signoff recommended by Git creator Linus Torvalds. Formatting and clarity are also key for effective communication and high-quality code.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer4 min read
Developer Tips

What’s Next for Salesforce DX?

Salesforce DX adoption has been low due to the difficulty of moving diverse teams to source driven development, but Salesforce is working to address this with improvements to the Metadata API and the forthcoming Dependency API. The keynote also highlighted the ability to build custom plugins to extend the Salesforce CLI and the Apex Replay Debugger in VS Code. The ultimate goal of Salesforce DX is to enable continuous delivery and continuous integration for Salesforce.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer5 min read
Salesforce DevOps

Blue Canvas and Salesforce IDEs

Blue Canvas works with all Salesforce IDEs through automatic sync mechanism, providing real-time backups and easy deployment between orgs.

Randalyn Hill-Coffer4 min read

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Over 850 million lines of code are securely backed up with Blue Canvas, empowering enterprises to continuously deploy and rollback in Salesforce with ease and maintain environment parity across orgs.