Priyanka Dive - DevOps for Salesforce: Build, test, and streamline data pipelines to simplify development in Salesforce

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Priyanka Dive is a DevOps engineer with substantial experience of working in the IT field on various technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS, and Azure. She has worked on big data projects as a system and DevOps administrator. She has worked on Salesforce projects and implemented DevOps practices for small and large projects as well. She's a constant learner with a desire to learn anything new, and hence enjoys doing a lot of tech POCs. She is also a technical blogger who loves to write on emerging technologies. She is currently working as a DevOps Engineer Consultant for a US-based firm.

Nagraj Gornalli is a Team Leader at Persistent Systems on Salesforce projects. He has more than eight years' experience in the IT field with different technologies. He has done many certifications' such as Salesforce Certified Administrator, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer, Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant, Data Integration Specialist, Advanced Apex Specialist, Data Integration Specialist, and cloud certified professional. He started as a trailblazer and is now ranked as a "Ranger" in trailhead.

Guha Arumugam is a seasoned Salesforce Developer Lead and Technical Consultant with 8 years' expertise in complex implementations. He is a self-taught Salesforce professional with 8X Salesforce certification. He has expertise in all phases of SDLC (discovery and requirement gathering, project design, development/build, testing, and deployment) and Sandbox strategies. He has a solid understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Guha is also a Salesforce developer evangelist and speaker at various Dreamins across the US. He also leads the Washington DC Salesforce Developer and Salesforce Saturday groups. He is an avid Salesforce blogger and his blog posts have helped many aspiring Salesforce professionals in certifications.

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Salesforce, with its immense functionalities and features, eases the functioning of an enterprise in various areas, such as sales, marketing, and finance. Deploying Salesforce applications is a tricky business, and it can get quite taxing for administrators and consultants. This book will help you implement DevOps for Salesforce and explore its features. You will learn DevOps principles and techniques for enterprise operations in Salesforce and see how to implement continuous integration and continuous delivery using tools such as Jenkins and Ant scripts. You will also learn how to use the Force.com Migration Tool and Git to achieve versioning in Salesforce.

If you are a Salesforce developer, consultant, or manager who wants to learn about DevOps tools and set up pipelines for small as well as large Salesforce projects, this book is for you.

, Salesforce Development and Delivery Process, gives an overview of the traditional Salesforce development process, including the environments used and how to set up an environment with Eclipse and Force.com IDE. We will also discuss sandboxes and types of sandbox.

, Applying DevOps to Salesforce Applications , discusses the need for DevOps in Salesforce projects and what challenges we might face while handling the development and deployment of large Salesforce projects.

, Deployment in Salesforce , shows how to deploy Salesforce code from one sandbox to another sandbox, from one sandbox to production, and from one organization to another organization. We will learn about the different types of code deployment and how to use them depending on the type of project.