Index

Listed in order of posting:

• Starting with…
• Continuous integration
• Visualforce components
• Decimal scale
• Default UI page via URLFOR
• Hiding the “Delete” and “Clone” buttons in an apex:detail
• New child object default UI page via URLFOR
• A c:OutputCheckbox for custom pages
• More on sorting a custom table
• Using composition in custom controllers
• Static variables are not static for very long
• Relative performance of CRUD
• Lkid hack value is fragile
• My laptop is 300 times faster
• Free Force.com Security Source Code Scanner
• Collection initialization
• Allow Apex code customization of a managed package
• Extracting an ERD from Force.com using SchemaSpy
• VMforce first impressions
• Salesforce.com position on Apex, Visualforce and VMforce
• A c:CheckAllOrNone for custom pages
• Force.com platform
• When “Generate from WSDL” fails – hand-coding web service calls
• AppExchange Security Review – CRUD Security and FLS (Field Level Security)
• Closed vs Open Source
• Chatter but no apex:inputDate
• Securing Custom Settings in a Managed Package
• Security Review Costs Now $300 not $5000
• Master-Detail Relationships and “Managed Released” Packages
• Parsing CSV while staying within the “total number of executed script statements” governor limit
• Executing some controller code before a default page is displayed
• Filtering picklists by RecordType in Visualforce
• Displaying links to peer objects in Visualforce
• A SOQL relationship query example
• Org-only meta-data
• Instanceof null is true in Apex
• Scripting the Apex Data Loader via Ant
• Always double check that managed packages are deployed
• Site “is down for maintenance” might mean “assign a licence”
• PDF of an Approval Process
• Constraining a detail field depending on a master field in a trigger
• Hyperlink formula fields
• Stack traces in the debug log
• “Don’t rebase dates” option in “Export to DOT file”
• Identifying Apex tests to run using wildcards in sf:deploy
• Wanted: the ability to create an instance of an Apex class from the class name
• Customizing the Task “Subject Combo” List
• SOQL and Apex patterns for multiple related objects
• Running the Apex Data Loader on a Mac
• GraphViz diagrams from Visualforce
• Quick summary of how to get started with the Enterprise WSDL API via Java’s JAXB
• Quick summary of how to get started with the Metadata WSDL API via Java’s JAXB
• A utility that has utility
• SchemaSpy Org ERD with easier setup
• Pattern for handling multiple approvals at once in an approval process
• Auto number fields – you had better get them right in version 1.0
• Free Force.com Security Source Code Scanner Revisited
• An object Id in Apex that matches no objects
• Presenting the Account hierarchy in an apex:selectList
• Add “Deployment Status” to the check-list…
• Automatically setting the record type of a detail object based on the record type of its master object
• Accessing record type IDs in Apex code
• Avoiding a “Methods cannot be marked transient” compilation error
• Inner class test fixture pattern
• Continuous integration performance problem and solution
• “Check all” in permission set and profile UI
• Patch organizations
• Referencing static resources where the name is not known at compile time
• Winter ’12 Developer Console
• Available: the ability to create an instance of an Apex class from the class name
• When runAllTests=”false” actually means runAllTests=”true”
• Hack to find field ids – allows a default UI “New” page to be pre-populated
• Outputting a URL that has keys that only differ by case
• My laptop is 10 times faster
• Add “Version Settings” to the check-list…
• Page headers and footers in renderAs=”PDF” Visualforce pages
• Work-around for missing “Lookup Relationship” data type custom fields on Task (Activity)
• Visualforce dynamic binding works for table columns
• Some Summer ’12 Apex Highlights
• Length of “Name” field in “List” setting type custom settings
• Salesforce “Known Issues”
• Keeping track of the selected tab of an apex:tabPanel in the controller
• Keeping track of the selected tab of an apex:tabPanel in the controller – using Javascript remoting
• “Combobox” input in Visualforce
• Creating and running a fake web service from a WSDL
• Managed package upgrade fail
• Modifying custom fields after a managed package is released
• “Argument 1 cannot be null” with no line number
• FullCalendar quick start
• Only some types work as Apex map keys from Visualforce
• FullCalendar using a JavaScript remoting callback
• Ant task that automates the installation of managed packages
• Continuous integration continues
• Cleaner inner class test fixture pattern
• Some lessons learned delivering an enterprise application on Force.com
• How much harm can one line of code do?
• “New” action pre-processing override results in “Error: Invalid Data…” on “Save & New”
• Creating an Attachment SObject complete with its body using the REST API from Java
• “AsyncApexTests Limit exceeded” blocker
• Executing jQuery.noConflict() mandatory when using jQuery in Visualforce