Heroku - developer playground
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This document discusses Heroku, a platform as a service that allows developers to build, run, and scale applications. It provides concise hosting of applications without the need to provision or manage servers. The document outlines key Heroku features like dynos for running applications, PostgreSQL databases, and add-ons; when Heroku is suitable compared to Force.com; integration of applications with Salesforce using Heroku Connect; and the developer experience on Heroku including metrics and the Heroku button.
Heroku - developer playground
- 1. Heroku for Your Business The platform to power your customer apps
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- 3. Introduction Troy Sellers 4 Years at Salesforce.com in Sydney Principal Platform Specialist – APAC 10yr background java application development Core focus on Salesforce platform products Heroku user!! @ibigfoot7 in/troysellers
- 4. The Salesforce1 Platform Salesforce1 App Salesforce1 Platform APIs Force.com Heroku Exact Target Salesforce1 Platform Services Sales Cloud Service Cloud Marketing Cloud AppExchange Custom Apps Partner Apps
- 5. Salesforce1: The Platform for Customer Innovation “Heroku lets us focus on our app and deliver more value to customers.” – Aaron Peckham, Urban Dictionary
- 6. What is Heroku? Platform as a Service to build, run and scale customer apps Dynos: Run virtually any language at scale Database: Enterprise Postgres as a service Add-ons: Marketplace for logging, data and more
- 7. Dynos Database Add-ons Wait for IT to provision servers for dev, test, prod (up to weeks) Make sure that OS, web server, runtimes, all code bases are in synch, up to date, patched (constant effort) Figure out how much infrastructure is enough, but don’t over-buy (The Price is Right) OR “Just say no” to the business Wait for databases to be provisioned (days) Back up the databases Tune the databases Patch the databases or Hire a DBA for $150k Figure out and install products (days to weeks) Sign MSAs/contracts with a bunch of vendors Be sure to pick the right ones – swapping takes time and money or Reinvent the wheel because vendor management makes you crazy What Does This Mean? What dev teams DON’T have to do with Heroku
- 8. When Heroku Should I build on Heroku or Force.com? When building consumer or customer-facing apps Ruby To leverage “open source” developer skills and frameworks Java node PHP Python Scala To easily integrate apps with Salesforce system of record
- 9. When Heroku When building consumer or customer-facing apps Support any volume of users and data Any login mechanism • Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce, custom mBaaS for Native, Hybrid, HTML5 Popular open source components for • Mobile-first design • Continuous integration and deployment • Content and commerce
- 10. When Heroku To leverage “open source” developer skills and frameworks Languages known by millions of developers Fastest growing language (node.js) Trendy cool languages (Play, Go) 150+ Heroku Add-ons Popular open source productivity frameworks Application Lifecycle Management tools Ruby Java node PHP Python Scala
- 11. When Heroku To easily integrate apps with Salesforce system of record Heroku Connect Scalable cloud service • Tested at Burberry: 275M records Automatic, bidirectional, near real time Point and click setup SQL interface • Most developers know SQL • Modern frameworks support SQL • Rails, Django, Symphony, Sinatra, Spring Optimizes Force.com API calls
- 12. Can You Scale Your Application? This is a problem that is solved
- 13. Heroku Latest Feature releases in the last 12 months Deploy large scale apps with Heroku XL Seamless customer data sync with Heroku Connect Run your apps with PHP on Heroku
- 14. Heroku Connect Seamless data sync between Force.com and Heroku with zero code Engage your Customers Integrate your Business Process Salesforce1 Heroku Connect Customer Apps Employee Apps
- 15. Heroku Connect : Use Case Provide Integrated Loyalty App Loyalty Data Service Cloud Customer System of Record Heroku Postgres Heroku Connect Accounts Cases synch Points NCR Point of Sale (POS) System Purchases Loyalty App (hybrid) A P I Java API Service On Heroku
- 16. Heroku Connect : Use Case An eCommerce Application Commerce Sales Cloud Customer System of Record Heroku Postgres Heroku Connect Accounts Orders synch Campaigns Line Item Availability Shopping App (iOS) A P I Ruby on Rails API Service On Heroku Custom Inventory / Order System
- 17. Heroku Connect : Use Case Field Service Application Commerce Sales Cloud Customer System of Record Heroku Postgres Heroku Connect Surveys Questions synch Stores Survey App (iOS) A P I Ruby on Rails API Service On Heroku
- 18. Heroku Connect : Use Case Connected Devices - IoT Linux, Python, Go Heroku Cloud Mobile Backend Service (BaaS) Salesforce Cloud Local Device Hub Ruby on Rails pg Consumer App HTTPS HTML5 Event Data Store Postgres Customer Cases, Assets, Usage Analytics, Usage-based Marketing
- 19. Heroku Connect : Use Case Multi-org Reporting ORG-A ORG-B Accounts Heroku Connect Heroku Postgres Accounts Accounts Accounts synch Use any database reporting tool
- 20. Heroku Connect : Use Case Compute-intensive operations Accounts Sales Cloud Heroku Connect Heroku Postgres Accounts synch Billing DB Invoice IDs Generate Invoices Invoices Mail Invoices
- 21. Heroku Connect : Use Case Archiving Data off Force.com Accounts Sales Cloud Heroku Connect Heroku Postgres Accounts Archive DB “Age out” workflow deletes old objects Invoices Cases Other Other Read only All SFDC object available forever in read only archive database
- 22. Heroku DX (Developer Experience) The core of what Heroku is Heroku DX Dashboard Metrics Postgres DbX Button
- 23. Heroku Dashboard + Metrics Improve developer productivity Analytics and management systems Designed with the developer in mind View performance and tune apps Manage apps, organizations and accounts on one dashboard
- 24. Heroku Postgres The most popular relational datastore on Heroku DbX DB Operations Core Postgres Cloud Infrastructure Performance analysis Data clips Forking Web & command line interfaces Data rollback Followers Open source Object-relational database SQL: 2011 standard Integrate with ORCL / MS-SQL Migrate from ORCL / MS-SQL Optimized configuration Continuous protection High availability Encryption at rest Custom SLAs Automated monitoring OS and database patching
- 25. Heroku Postgres DbX Operate and optimize your databases at scale Analytics and visualizations save weeks of DBA time Data encrypted at rest New database plans: • 2x memory • 2x - 3x performance • No cost increase
- 26. Heroku Button One click deploys app to Heroku PostgreSQL is the database for your application. PG Backups creates backups of your database. SendGrid sends emails from your application (e.g. the forgot password email). NewRelic monitors your application performance Cloudinary resizes, crops and then stores the images in your application. City-72 app on Github
- 27. Demonstration Lets look at what we are talking about
- 28. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- #14: The Heroku Platform Heroku XL High performance solution for the most demanding apps Heroku PHP PHP support Opening platform to massive php developer network Co-announced this with facebook Facebook built a brand new VM that dramatically increases PHP performance. We are supporting this VM Heroku Connect Faciliates seamless synchronisation No code! Customer apps can be fully integrated to the salesforce customer success platform