065: Modern App Development with Mohith Shrivastava

Mohith Shrivastava is a Lead Developer Advocate here at Salesforce. His main role is to inspire our developers. In this episode, we talk about modern application development. We also discuss the content that Mohith has been producing himself in order to get that information out to you.   Mohith has a background in hardware engineering and consulting. Eventually, however, he learned about Salesforce and transitioned into the world of software engineering. Now he produces relevant content and answers questions for developers and gets their feedback on the technologies they use. Tune in to hear more.   Show Highlights:   How Mohith was first introduced to Salesforce. His exposure to product development. How he learned about and started hosting weekly Trailhead Live sessions. The goal of the modern app development series. How Mohith uses Heroku to scale his applications. How using tools besides Apex help with scaling and efficiency. How Salesforce functions simplify coding work. How Schema Builder helps with building data models. When to use Salesforce, Heroku, Heroku Connect, and Redis. How the Apex piece fits into the jigsaw puzzle of modern app design. The benefit of having unit testing in place. What sketch tools and plugins allow you to do.   Links: Mohith's Twitter account Mohith's LinkedIn account Mohith's Github account Modern App Development YouTube playlist Sketch Plugin   *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com