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Play by Play: Getting on the Bus - Event-based Architecture with Salesforce Platform Events

by Don Robins and Simon Goodyear

In this course, you’ll learn what an event-driven architecture is, look at Platform Events, and how you can use the from inside and outside Salesforce.

What you'll learn

Play by Play is a series in which top technologists work through a problem in real time, unrehearsed, and unscripted. In this course, Play by Play: Getting on the Bus - Event-based Architecture with Salesforce Platform Events, Simon Goodyear and Don Robins demonstrate Salesforce Platform Events, and the benefits of Event Driven Architecture for application integrations. Learn about the concept of Event Driven Architecture (or EDA), the differences between traditional programmatic integration mechanisms and an EDA approach, and discover multiple ways to publish and subscribe to events (both programmatically and declaratively) from inside Salesforce. By the end of this course, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of Platform Events, and how you can adopt an Event Driven Architectural approach for your Salesforce integrations.

About the authors

Don Robins is a well known Salesforce MVP, instructor, author, and speaker. A custom business application developer for more decades than he cares to admit, he focuses on Salesforce technical instruction and knowledge sharing. Certified as a Platform II Developer and an award winning Salesforce Instructor, he's presented and taught at annual Dreamforce conferences since 2010. He delivers Salesforce developer classes and workshops around the US and abroad, and manages a team of instructors ... more

Simon has been designing and developing software for longer than he cares to remember. Having worked across many different technologies he now calls the Salesforce platform home. He has worked as a Salesforce certified instructor, arranged multiple community conferences as well as being a certified Platform II Developer and a Salesforce MVP.

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