219: Salesforce and AWS Unified Developer Experience with Philippe Ozil

In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of integrating Salesforce with AWS alongside expert Philippe Ozil. We cover the capabilities of Salesforce Connect and its AWS adapters, which facilitate efficient data and event-driven integrations without the hassle of data replication. Hear the benefits of Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Athena, and the versatile GraphQL adapter, each serving unique use cases within Salesforce. As we wait to hear Philippe's insights from the CheckDreaming conference in Prague, we encourage you to continue your learning journey. Thank you for joining us and sharing in our passion for the evolving world of Salesforce development.

Show Highlights:

• Overview of Salesforce Connect and its AWS adapters.
• Benefits of virtualizing access to external data sources and their impact on developer experience.
• Event-driven integrations using event relays to connect Salesforce events to Amazon EventBridge.
• Upcoming features like managed subscriptions for PubSub API in the Salesforce Summer '24 release.
• Practical tips for Salesforce developers to start experimenting with AWS integrations.

Links:

• Integrating with AWS Thanks to Unified Developer Experience (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNNI_ApmTHA
• Explore Unified Developer Experience Powered By AWS - https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/trails/unified-developer-experience-powered-by-aws
• Announcing the Salesforce Connect Adapter for GraphQL (blog) - https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/2023/08/announcing-the-salesforce-connect-adapter-for-graphql