Transcript Connect Your Clouds with Force.com Developer Track Jeff Douglas, Senior Technical Consultant, Appirio.

Connect Your Clouds with
Force.com
Developer Track
Jeff Douglas, Senior Technical Consultant, Appirio
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Jeff Douglas
Senior Technical Consultant
Appirio
Developer Evangelist
CloudSpokes
Co-Author
“Salesforce Handbook”
http://blog.jeffdouglas.com
@jeffdonthemic
What to Walk Away With
 Solid understanding of Force.com integration options
and patterns.
 Strategies for connecting various cloud platforms with
Force.com.
 Best practices with Force.com integration options.
 A deep love and appreciation for the Force.com
platform.
Agenda
 Cloud to Cloud Integration Patterns
– Inbound
– Outbound
– Hybrid
 Force.com Toolkits
 “RMAforce” Demo
– Microsoft Azure
– Google App Engine
– Amazon AWS
– Heroku
 Q&A
Integration Patterns with Force.com
Inbound Integration Options for Force.com
 Force.com APIs
– SOAP API, Bulk API, REST API, Chatter REST (Pilot)
 Apex Web Services
– SOAP, REST (Pilot)
 Apex Inbound Email Services
 Force.com Toolkits
– Google App Engine (Java & Python), Ruby, PHP, Perl, .NET
and Azure
Outbound Integration Options for Force.com
 Apex Callouts
 Force.com Toolkits
 Outbound Message
 Apex Outbound Email Services
Apex Callouts – Don’t Forget!
 Governor Limits!!
– 10 callouts per transaction
– 3MB payload maximum
– 120 timeout for all callouts
 Dreaded “You have uncommitted work pending” error
 Callouts from Triggers must be made asychronously @future(callout=true)
 The joy of writing test coverage for callouts
 Invoke WSDL/SOAP or REST services. Be careful
parsing returned JSON data. Parser is not yet native.
Force.com Toolkits for Services
Force.com Toolkits for Platforms/Languages
Demo Application – “RMAforce”
Demo Application – “RMAforce”
Demo Application – “RMAforce”
Demo Application – “RMAforce”
Demo Application – “RMAforce”
Salesforce.com ERD
Demo - Microsoft Azure
 Inbound integration from SQL Azure
 Java app loads Sales Order data using the Bulk API
Recap - Microsoft Azure
 Inbound integration from SQL Azure using Java and the
Bulk API
Best Practices
 CVS column names should be same as target org
 Consolidate data into SQL Views for easy querying
 Schedule the app (.jar file) to run periodically on a server
with email notifications for failures.
 Monitor imports (success & failures) in Salesforce
Demo - Google App Engine
 Inbound integration using the Google App Engine Toolkit
for Force.com (Java) to process customer RMAs.
Recap - Google App Engine
 Inbound integration using the Google App Engine
Toolkit for Force.com (Java)
Best Practices
 Use the “GAE” version of the Toolkit for App Engine.
 Use the precompiled “Partner” jar
 URL fetch service limited to 5 seconds so streamline
queries and returned results
 Cache connection for improved performance
Demo - Amazon AWS
 Outbound integration to Amazon S3 using the Amazon
Web Services toolkit.
 Customer service rep approves RMA, creates PDF and
stores in Amazon S3.
Recap - Amazon AWS
 Outbound integration to Amazon S3 using the Amazon
Web Services toolkit.
Best Practices
 Setup different S3 buckets for sandbox and production
 Watch bucket permissions
 Guard your AWS API keys!
Demo - Heroku
 Platform/lauguage integration with Ruby and Heroku
 Customer checks the status of their RMA on mobile
device.
 Ruby on Rails application using the REST API.
Recap - Heroku
 Inbound integration with Heroku.
 Ruby on Rails application using the REST API.
Best Practices
 Use OmniAuth for authorization
 Use HTTPS for OAuth2 callback
 Use the Heroku SSL add-on for quick & easy
encryption
 Treat access tokens like passwords!!
Recap – What Did We See?
 Strategies for Force.com integration depending on use
case.
 Force.com Toolkits for different services and language
 How do develop integrations regardless of platform and
language.
 How to use different Force.com APIs depending on
application purpose.
 Best practices for technologies, toolkits and platforms
Additional Resources
 Github code repo
http://www.github.com/jeffdonthemic/df11preso
 Cloud to Cloud Integrations with Force.com
http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Webinar:_Cloud_to_Cloud_Integrations_with_Force.com
 Loading Large Data Sets with the Force.com Bulk API
http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Loading_Large_Data_Sets_with_the_Force.com_Bulk_API
 Google App Engine Toolkit for Force.com
http://code.google.com/p/sfdc-wsc/
 Force.com Toolkit for Amazon Web Services
http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Amazon_Toolkit
 OmniAuth
https://github.com/intridea/omniauth
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