You're reading from Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

Product type Book

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568754

Pages 628 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Software Architecture

Author (1):

Tameem Bahri

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CTA

2. Chapter 1: Starting Your Journey as a CTA

3. Chapter 2: Core Architectural Concepts – Data

4. Chapter 3: Core Architectural Concepts – Integration and Cryptography

5. Chapter 4: Core Architectural Concepts – Identity and Access Management

6. Section 2: Knowledge Domains Deep Dive

7. Chapter 5: Developing a Scalable System Architecture

8. Chapter 6: Formulating a Secure Architecture in Salesforce

9. Chapter 7: Designing a Scalable Salesforce Data Architecture

10. Chapter 8: Creating a Lean Solution Architecture

11. Chapter 9: Forging an Integrated Solution

12. Chapter 10: Development Life Cycle and Deployment Planning

13. Chapter 11: Communicating and Socializing Your Solution

14. Section 3: Putting It All Together

15. Chapter 12: Practice the Review Board – First Mock

16. Chapter 13: Present and Defend – First Mock

17. Chapter 14: Practice the Review Board – Second Mock

18. Chapter 15: Present and Defend – Second Mock

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Tips and Tricks, and the Way Forward

Discussing the different integration tools

Before we discuss some of the common types of integration tools available today, we need to explain why we need these tools. As a Salesforce Architect, you are expected to guide the client and the integration team when it comes to selecting the right set of tools that support the agreed integration strategy. And you should be able to challenge sub-optimal design decisions based on valid logic and rational. Picking the wrong tool or taking shortcuts without considering their potential impact could prove to be very costly, and this might impact the project/program in multiple ways and become a major risk to the success of your Salesforce implementation. During the CTA review board, you are always expected to justify why you selected your integration tools.

Historically, a common way to integrate two applications together is through a direct channel with no third-party app or mediator in-between. This can be done with what has become known...