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Advent of Code 2024 - Day 24 - Go

2024-12-24T06:28:00.001-06:00

--- Day 24: Crossed Wires ---

https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/24

Day 24 - Solution

Advent of Code 2024 - Day 19 - Go

2024-12-19T10:33:00.004-06:00

--- Day 19: Linen Layout ---

https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/19

Day 19 - Solution

Advent of Code 2024 - Day 18 - Go

2024-12-18T00:51:00.004-06:00

--- Day 18: RAM Run ---

https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/18

Day 18 - Solution

Advent of Code 2023 - Day 6 - Salesforce Apex

2023-12-06T17:34:00.001-06:00

Lot's of ways to approach this, I implemented the iterative approach for part 1, stepping through each variance in the range.

Part 2 was a much larger range to search against and the iterative approach wouldn't work given CPU limits. Instead I used a binary search to find the low and high ends of the range that meet the criteria, and then find the difference for the possible solutions.

For fun I also implemented a straight math solution using a quadratic formula. This is by far the fastest solution.

--- Day 6: Wait For It ---

https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/6

Advent Calendar Progress

Advent of Code 2023 - Day 5 - Salesforce Apex

2023-12-05T21:20:00.000-06:00

--- Day 5: If You Give A Seed A Fertilizer ---

https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/5

Advent Calendar Progress

Advent of Code 2023 - Day 4 - Salesforce Apex

2023-12-04T15:35:00.003-06:00

--- Day 4: Scratchcards ---

https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/4

Advent Calendar Progress

Advent of Code 2023 - Day 3 - Salesforce Apex

2023-12-03T07:48:00.000-06:00

Day 3 was traversing a grid of data. Finding certain coordinates based on criteria, and then exploring adjacent coordinates for values. A nice slightly difficult challenge for only Day 3.

--- Day 3: Gear Ratios ---

https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/3

Advent Calendar Progress

Advent of Code 2023 - Day 2 - Salesforce Apex

2023-12-02T15:26:00.001-06:00

Day 2 was slightly less complicated than Day 1. Some string parsing and map collections helped with Part 1. Part 2 was similar parsing with a few edits to find the power of the minimum cube values.

--- Day 2: Cube Conundrum ---

https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/2

Advent Calendar Progress

Advent of Code 2023 - Day 1 - Salesforce Apex

2023-12-01T23:58:00.004-06:00

Advent of Code has begun! I'll be completing this year's coding challenges using Apex.

--- Day 1: Trebuchet?! ---

Let's dive into Day 1's challenge part 1. Setting up a reusable LWC Puzzle Input File Reader. And with Apex, I'll tackle the first part of the puzzle.

https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/1

Hey Google Bard, please write a Salesforce Apex Trigger

2023-06-04T21:49:00.001-05:00

Functional Test Case

Given An existing Contact

When A user updates an existing Contact email address

Then Timestamp a field on the Contact record, Email_Updated_Date__c, with the current date/time

Test Driven Development

Netlify custom domain DNS setup w/ Godaddy

2021-06-21T14:08:00.002-05:00

Quick Reference Guide:

ReactJS + TailwindCSS + Tailblocks

2021-03-13T17:41:00.014-06:00

Have you checked out building your web app with TailwindCSS yet? Minimal production builds, unused code is removed during build process, regularly updated content. It has become my go to when outside of salesforce.. Check it out!

Github Pull Request Resolve Conflicts with VSCode (many conflicts)

2020-12-13T11:36:00.002-06:00

When trying to merge a pull request and faced with hundreds of conflicts the UI option in Github will no longer be an option.. and instead you are going to have to do the merge yourself using the command line!

Luckily vscode makes this process visual and easy to digest. It has become my preference for resolving any number of conflicts.

Lets take a look at the following scenario:

SFDX CI/CD Streamlined 30 minute Setup (AWS JENKINS GITHUB Salesforce SFDX-CLI)

2020-12-05T05:56:00.001-06:00

Salesforce Consuming a Rest API with Apex (Zendesk)

2020-09-27T09:29:00.013-05:00

A lightweight design pattern for consuming a REST API(Zendesk) with APEX.

Jenkins Parameterized Jenkinsfile Build (Salesforce SFDX Deploy Params)

2020-09-24T10:04:00.012-05:00

Overview

This article will discuss how to introduce declarative configurable parameters to your Jenkinsfile build job. We will be tying these parameters into the Salesforce SFDX Deploy Stage of our build. The goal of this is to have a very diverse way to kick of builds from different Git branches and to different Salesforce environments as well.

Jenkins Pipeline with Bitbucket Integration (Continuous Integration)

2020-09-13T01:05:00.008-05:00

Overview

This article will focus on a step-by-step setup guide for a continuous integration pipeline leveraging Jenkins and Bitbucket Cloud.

Prerequisites

+ Jenkins server hosted on a AWS EC2 Instance
+ Bitbucket Private Repo

Install Bitbucket Source Plugin

Salesforce Logo SVG LWC Lightning Web Component

2020-05-25T15:26:00.000-05:00

Salesforce LOGO as an SVG resource https://gist.github.com/nickforce/df922f756788c3d195cffa640a0e0a41

2020-05-14T10:30:00.001-05:00

Github Pages SSL and Custom Domain with Godaddy DNS Setup

Getting Started
Create a new github repo with naming convention - "XXX.github.io"

Godaddy DNS Settings
Point your Godaddy domain to the Github servers with 4 A Name records as follows and 1 CNAME record to redirect to your "XXX.github.io" repo created in step 1.

Also, when you buy a new domain from Godaddy there will be a CNAME record pointed at value of "Parked" - this record needs to be deleted.

Github Repo SSL settings
You will need to give Godaddy roughly 15min - 1 hour to propagate the new DNS settings created above. You will see in your Github Repo settings the following setup once Github completes the TLS issuing process. Confirm "Enforce HTTPS" is checked here to complete the setup. This will also add a new CNAME record to the root directory of the repo.

Preview your site live being served over HTTPS

2020-05-14T10:07:00.000-05:00

Raspberry Pi headless login from Mac

Enable SSH from the Raspberry Pi

Either connect the Raspberry Pi to Wifi or connect it to the MAC via ethernet cord

Connect to the Pi from a terminal on your mac with the following

ssh -v pi@raspberrypi.local

SFDX Plugin @salesforce/lwc-dev-server

2020-05-14T09:50:00.005-05:00

@salesforce/lwc-dev-server

Getting Started

You will need to have the Salesforce DX CLI installed.

Run the following command to verify CLI installation.

sfdx

Run the following command to install the lwc-dev-server plugin

sfdx plugins:install @salesforce/lwc-dev-server

Navigate to a project directory that contains a Lightning Web Component and run the following to start the local dev server

cd mySFDXProjectWithManifest
sfdx force:lightning:lwc:start

If successful should see the following:


Starting LWC Local Development.

    Dev Hub Org: nick@cirruscode.com

    Scratch Org: nick@cirruscode.com

    Api Version: 48.0

Template version key 8ef8ca85d9

[HPM] Proxy created: /  ->  https://nickforcedev-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com

[HPM] Subscribed to http-proxy events:  [ 'proxyReq', 'error', 'close' ]

Server up on http://localhost:3333

Navigate to http://localhost:3333/

SFDX commands are also available from VSCode to manage the local development server

DOCS: https://developer.salesforce.com/tools/vscode/en/lwc/localdev

Salesforce Topcode Submission Video (ProfileSyncTool)

2019-11-17T00:22:00.000-06:00

Sound is missing - will repost full video soon

Screen Recording 2019-11-17 at 12.14 AM.mov

SSH Mac OSX

2019-11-16T20:55:00.002-06:00

SSH Mac

Set up Remote Login on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Sharing, then select Remote Login.

Select the Remote Login checkbox.

Selecting Remote Login also enables the secure FTP (sftp) service.

Specify which users can log in:

All users: Any of your computer’s users and anyone on your network can log in.

Only these users: Click the Add button , then choose who can log in remotely. Users & Groups includes all the users of your Mac. Network Users and Network Groups include people on your network.

ssh username@IPAddress

example - ssh steve@10.1.2.3

SMS Linux

2019-11-16T20:54:00.000-06:00

curl -X POST https://textbelt.com/text \
--data-urlencode phone='5557727420' \
--data-urlencode message='Hello world' \
-d key=textbelt

Github new repo setup

2019-11-16T20:41:00.001-06:00

*Github new repo setup*

mkdir newAPI
cd newAPI/
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/nickforce/newAPI.git
git pull origin master