ISV Development to Delivery Experience (D2X) North Star
While there are multiple feature rich and mature DevOps solutions available today for Salesforce...
Advantages of CumulusCI’s Second-Generation Packaging (2GP) Implementation
CumulusCI includes a custom implementation of support for 2GP that takes a different approach than...
CumulusCI is a Misnomer, That’s My Fault
CumulusCI is often confused with continuous integration applications for good reason, it has “CI”...
Namespaced Scratch Orgs and the Product Delivery Model
I’ve long advocated for ISVs to avoid use of namespaced scratch orgs and often find myself...
CumulusCI’s Metadata Transformations
Today’s post covers one of the most powerful and underutilized features of CumulusCI: Metadata...
3 Approaches to Pre-Release Testing for Salesforce ISVs
It’s quite common for Salesforce ISVs to wait until they’ve cut a production version of a package...
Foster a Culture of Debate in Engineering Teams
I was a debater in high school and in college. Through that experience, I came to value how...
The Release Subway
Stress around software releases creates risk of human error and increases the risk of attrition...
A Product is More Than a Package
What does it take to create fully usable experiences of your AppExchange product? Odds are it’s a...
CumulusCI’s Task Framework
CumulusCI is a powerful open source framework for automating delivery of Salesforce products...