Using Python on Heroku and Force.com Canvas to Enhance Salesforce.com

See how Force.com Canvas and Heroku can be used to extend or enhance Salesforce functionality.
Build Canvas applications with Python that enhance the functionality of Salesforce's recycle bin by adding additional filtering options, persistence options, and record arrangement.
Finally, see how Force.com Canvas application can be hosted on Heroku, offering further Force.com advantages.

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1. Using Python on Heroku and Force.com
   Canvas to Enhance Salesforce.com
   Bruno Fagundez , Developer
   @geekymartian
   

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3. Bruno Fagundez
   Web Developer

   @geekymartian
   

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4. What is Force.com Canvas?
   

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5. What is Heroku?
   

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6. What is Python?
   

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7. Canvas applications
   

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8. Canvas application creation
   ▪ Force.com provides a Canvas app previewer that allows you to bootstrap
   new apps quickly
   

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9. But…
   

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10. Creating a “Hello dreamforce” canvas app
    Using Python ☺
    

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11. Initial Setup
    

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12. Heroku setup
    ▪ Get a free heroku account
    ▪ Install heroku toolbelt
    • Heroku client – CLI tool for creating and managing Heroku apps
    • Foreman – to run apps locally
    • Git – revision control and deploy
    

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13. SF setup
    ▪ Get a free developer account
    ▪ Code right into the developer console IDE or
    ▪ Install Force.com Eclipse IDE or Sublime + Mavensmate
    

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14. Canvas Application
    

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15. Heroku app Creation
    

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16. Show me some code!
    

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17. Heroku app
    ▪ Create a virtual environment and activate it
    ▪ Install required libraries
    

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18. Heroku app
    ▪ Try it out offline before
    

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19. Heroku app
    ▪ Deploy it to heroku!
    

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20. Awesome, but where Force.com and
    Heroku are getting connected?
    

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21. Canvas authentication methods
    ▪ Signed Request (default)
    • The de-codification of the signed request is explained in the documentation. Only java
    and ruby examples are available.
    • I’ve ported ruby class to Python, git repo:

    http://github.com/bfagundez/python-force-canvas
    !
    ▪ OAuth 2.0
    

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22. Adding Canvas JS SDK
    ▪ Canvas JS SDK is available as a github repository

    https://github.com/forcedotcom/SalesforceCanvasJavascriptSDK
    ▪ JS SDK provides access to several force.com APIs
    ▪ Most of the integration with Salesforce is throught Javascript and REST
    

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23. Decoding signed request
    

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24. Previewing the app
    

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25. Context object
    

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26. Improving the initial prototype
    

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27. Why the recycle bin?
    ▪ Filtering functionality is limited
    ▪ Hard limit of persistence of 15 days
    ▪ Good example of platform improvement
    ▪ No logs are kept of deleted items after the data is gone
    

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28. Better app structure
    

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29. Yeoman
    

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30. Bower
    

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31. Application Components
    ▪ UI
    • AngularJS
    • Jquery
    • Twitter Bootstrap
    ▪ Storage
    • Redis DB
    

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32. Using signed request to access SF SOAP API
    

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33. Demo
    

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35. Resources
    ▪ Canvas documentation:

    http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/platform_connect/
    index_Left.htm
    ▪ Heroku Toolbelt:

    https://toolbelt.heroku.com/
    ▪ Python in Heroku 

    https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python
    ▪ Yeoman

    http://yeoman.io/
    

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36. More resources!
    ▪ Python signed request decoder :

    https://github.com/bfagundez/python-force-canvas
    ▪ Super powered recycle bin source code:

    https://github.com/bfagundez/super_powered_recycle_bin
    My contact details:
    twitter: @geekymartian

    email: bfagundez@gmail.com

    

    

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