How do you connect to Salesforce from an external application, say, for example Java? If you Google for the information, you will quickly learn that Salesforce provides different methods and different APIs. But what you will probably not find is a step-by-step guide teaching you exactly how to do it. In this blog post, I have stitched together a complete step-by-step instructions with screenshots on how to download, install, configure and use Salesforce REST API to connect from a java program and execute some basic transactions (query, insert, update, delete records). In less than 45 minutes, you will have a fully functional java program that will connect to Salesforce and execute transactions in Salesforce.
Salesforce Spring ’20 Release is around the corner. By 14th February 2020, it will be released in production environment all around the globe. Here are 8 ways in which you can familiarize yourself with the new features and functionalities introduced in Salesforce Spring ’20 release.
(This guide was first published in January 2019. It has now been updated based on the Exam Guide as of Salesforce Winter ’20 Release)