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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Dreamforce 2013 Sessions - Lets Rock

Dreamforce is upon us! In just a few weeks San Francisco will turn into the mecca for cloud computing with almost 100,000 cloud devotees making the annual pilgrimage.  This will be my third year presenting at Dreamforce and I can honestly say each year the Developer Zone has gotten better and better. This year I will be presenting or contributing on four different sessions. And for the first time I'll be co-presenting a session with another person! I'm excited to be working with Tim McDonald on our administrator and developer session.

Come check out the sessions, contribute to the conversations on the chatter feeds, and get your brain ready for data downloads!

Case Study: Building a Mobile App for Field Services

Wednesday, November 20th: 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Moscone Center West, Mobile Theater

Description

The Salesforce Platform allows you to architect complete solutions for entire lines of business, whether it's desktop or mobile users. Join us as we focus on how users can build a fully featured mobile solution for Field Service engineers. 

By dissecting an HTML 5 Hybrid Application for the Service Cloud, you'll get exposure to building a complete mobile application using the jQuery Mobile for UI, Salesforce Mobile SDK for Security & REST API Access, NFC Phonegap Plugin for Serial Number Scanning and Automatic Case Assignment, HTML5 Canvas for Signature Capture Camera Access for Case Documentation & Attachemnt on the Case in Salesforce, and Chatter API for Social Feeds on Cases.
Speakers:
Cory CowgillThe Warranty Group

Apex Trigger Debugging: Solving the Hard Problems

Wednesday, November 20th: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Moscone Center West, 2020
Full

Description

Apex Triggers can be your best friend or your worst enemy. When a trigger is firing properly your data is under control and remains sane, but when a trigger doesn't fire properly, your users can be faced with the frustration of exceptions when saving a record, or worse: incorrect data. Join us to learn tips and tricks on how to debug and solve the most complex issues, including: Ambiguous Field Validation, After Insert Activity Errors, and SOQL and Governor Limit Errors. You'll learn the origins of these kinds of advanced trigger issues and gain solutions for avoiding them.
Speakers:
Cory Cowgill

Clicks AND Code: A Dreamforce Session for Administrators AND Developers

Wednesday, November 20th: 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
The Westin St. Francis San Francisco, California West
Full

Description

Administrators seem to have adopted the mantra of “Clicks not Code.” However, more often than not, the customization of the Salesforce Platform through the use of code provided by a developer is not only necessary, but required for a successful implementation. Join us as we present best practices for administrators to use when engaging their developer counterparts, while providing some tips and tricks for developers to quickly respond to the requests placed before them.
Speakers:
Cory CowgillWest Monroe Partners
Tim McDonaldNew Tangram, LLC

Force.com Careers: How Do I Get There From Here?

Thursday, November 21st: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Moscone Center West, 2020

Description

Do you love developing on the Salesforce Platform, but wonder what the next steps are for your career? Join our panelists to hear about various career paths, including Consultant, Architect, Product Manager, and AppExchange Developer, to name a few. These experts will share the pros and cons of their careers and also the path to get there.
Speakers:
Carolina Ruiz MedinaFinancialForce.com
Cory CowgillWest Monroe Partners
Leah McGowen-Haresalesforce.com
Cheryl Porrosalesforce.com
Ayori Selassiesalesforce.com
Andy OgnenoffCloud Sherpas
Kevin O'HaraLevelEleven


Can't get into one of my sessions because its full? Don't worry, sessions, presentations and source code will be distributed to the general public after the sessions. Have a question for me? Hit me up in the Developer Zone during the conference. I usually camp out there either by the hackathon, theaters, or coffee station. Hit me up in dreamforce chatter or on twitter @corycowgill and I'm happy to discuss anything Force.com related.

Looking forward to another awesome year!