I wanted to take you into my home office today and share with you my setup, what I use for coding, what goes into a normal day in the life of a coder. It’s not all that glamorous, but it’s challenging, rewarding and fun.
I’m a Salesforce Technical Architect, which means I strategically plan custom technical projects that help provide business value that will positively impact a businesses bottom line, and I get my hands dirty actually doing the coding work. I work on the Salesforce platform, best CRM there is and the coding language I mainly use is Apex, but I also use Javascript, HTML, CSS and do integration work as well with SOAP and REST APIs.
Computer Setup
For my computer setup I work on a Mac. I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro. I started out with a PC in my early coding days, but turned Mac early on… and once you turn Mac you never go back. I have two other I think 19” and 21” monitors that I connect to my laptop to provide me with 3 screens that I can separate my windows on, which helps me to multi-task easier.
Software Setup
The software is a little more interesting.
What I Use for Research
You will usually find me on the Apex Developer Guide (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_dev_guide.htm) when I’m working through the code to find the correct functions or methods I need to accomplish the requirements for a project. Depending on the project, if I’m building a Lightning Component (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/overview/components), I’ll make use of the Lightning Component Library. It’s also super useful.
Well that’s it! Hope this helps you in your coding journey. Have a great day!
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