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Salesforce.com/Force.com Team Development
Team development in the Salesforce platform can be very frustrating if you don’t have the right process defined. For developers used to “traditional” software development, it can be painful (it was for us), until you figure out the right way to do it. Here at Soliant Consulting, we have been working on defining the right…
Working with The Force.com IDE and Subversion (SVN)
The Force.com IDE is one of two IDEs that we use here at Soliant Consulting. The other one is MavensMate. I personally prefer the former at the moment, mainly because of the Synchronize perspective, which, as mentioned below, can be very useful in different situations. Some of my colleagues prefer the latter, so you may…
Zend Framework – Up and Running
Explore the required installations and configurations to get Zend Framework 2 (ZF2) started up in no time with our step-by-step guide.
Staying on the Keyboard Thanks to FileMaker Script Triggers
Get more accomplished and capture most keystrokes via a script trigger in FileMaker. Follow our step-by-step process to get started.
Soliant’s Annual Offsite & Volunteering
In January, everyone at Soliant came together in Santa Cruz, CA for our annual company offsite. This was my first year attending and it was so much fun (which is actually an understatement).
Using Javascript and Markov Chains to Generate Text
Learn how to generate text with Javascript and Markov chains, all while getting your fill of wonderfully awful Lifetime movie trivia.
Story Points Explained
Find a detailed description of story points and make that crucial separation between estimates of size and estimates of effort.
Deployment with Zend Studio 10 Beta and Zend Server 6 Beta
Learn how to run a deployment with Zend Studio 10 Beta and Zend Server 6 Beta from PHP experts at Soliant Consulting. Get started here.
The Power of Division, Part 2
As a follow up to Part 1, this post adds other aspects of algorithmic complexity to the discussion and shows their implications.
Field-Level Abstraction of Entities
Field-Level Abstraction keeps all entities at a manageable size. Find this in-depth discussion and implications from certified developers.
The Power of Division, Part 1
Learn to use recursion in a custom function to implement iteration in FileMaker, increasing your return on investment from certified developers.
Development vs. Deployment
Find our discussion on the skills required for delivering, analyzing and maintaining a good deployment that are often ignored.
