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Salesforce Anti-Patterns

By : Lars Malmqvist
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Salesforce Anti-Patterns

By: Lars Malmqvist

Overview of this book

Salesforce Anti-Patterns teaches you to spot errors in Salesforce patterns that may seem like a good idea at first but end up costing you dearly. This book will enable Salesforce developers and architects to understand how ingenious Salesforce architectures can be created by studying anti-patterns and solutions to problems that can later lead to serious implementation issues. While there are several books on the market that start with the question, “How do I create great Salesforce architecture?” and proceed to a solution from there, this book instead starts by asking, “What tends to go wrong with Salesforce architectures?” and proceeds to a solution from there. In this book, you’ll find out how to identify and mitigate anti-patterns in the technical domains of system architecture, data architecture, and security architecture, along with anti-patterns in the functional domain of solution architecture as well as for integration architecture. You’ll also learn about common anti-patterns affecting your Salesforce development process and governance and, finally, how to spot common problems in how architects communicate their solutions. By the end of this Salesforce book, you’ll have gained the confidence to architect and communicate solutions on the Salesforce platform while dodging common mistakes.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1: Technical Anti-Patterns
6
Part 2: Solution Anti-Patterns
9
Part 3: Process and Communication Anti-Patterns

Applying the thing wrong

In this section, we will consider two anti-patterns where we get unsatisfactory solutions based on a failure of the assumptions we bring to the table. These assumptions can be either about user needs or the capabilities of our technology—both can lead to trouble.

Assumption-driven customization

Letting the assumptions of a small, unrepresentative group stand in for the needs of the wider user base

Example

Helene is the product owner for a new initiative to roll out Health Cloud within LifeCo, a major provider of medical devices for monitoring certain chronic diseases. In addition to the Health Cloud rollout, LifeCo is also developing a custom care application that will be used by healthcare professionals (HCPs), principally nurses, working in clinics associated with LifeCo’s care programs.

Helene was a nurse for several years before entering the IT field after working as a subject-matter expert (SME) on a few major IT products...