Architecture

This diagram provides a high-level overview of Salesforce Integration Architecture concepts and platform capabilities. This is the third in a five-part Salesforce Architecture reference series covering core application and system architecture topics.   Salesforce Integration Architecture (PDF)

This diagram provides a high-level overview of Salesforce Sharing Architecture concepts and platform capabilities. This is the second in a five-part Salesforce Architecture reference series covering core application and system architecture topics.   Salesforce Sharing Architecture (PDF)

This diagram provides a high-level overview of Salesforce Data Architecture concepts and platform capabilities. This is the first in a five-part Salesforce Architecture reference series covering core application and system architecture topics. I hope this series provides a useful reference for Salesforce Architects or those on the journey toward this role.   Salesforce Data Architecture […]

The document linked below provides a high-level overview of the Marketing Cloud data modelling and management tools, programming languages, and APIs. For architects and developers taking the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer certification the document provides a useful technical reference.   Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer

I first published a release highlights post on this blog over 8 years ago; since that time the series has been renamed a few times but retained a focus on summarising the key technical aspects delivered with each release. I’ve always found preparing the content for the post a useful way to organise my own […]

The concept of any-org development is an interesting one. The strict definition, to my mind, being the development of a set of components (perhaps packaged) that are designed and coded specifically to install and function in any Salesforce org. This is typically an ISV concern, where testing and maintaining a single-code base can be highly […]

I’m a big advocate of setting out the key elements of the development process succinctly but unambiguously at the start of a software development project, particularly in cases where I have no prior history of working with the development team. Such process elements typically cover environments, coding standards, technical design and review requirements, source-code control […]

For this post I started pulling together my own set of links to the whitepapers and documents I consider essential reading for any architect working in the Salesforce space. In doing so I came across the link below, where salesforce.com have already done a great job of this – bookmark this page now! Salesforce Architect […]