MuleSoft for Salesforce Developers: A practitioner's guide to deploying MuleSoft APIs and integrations for Salesforce enterprise solutions

Arul Christhuraj Alphonse · Alexandra Martinez · Akshata Sawant

sep. 2022 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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Design, secure, test, and deploy APIs with MuleSoft, and integrate it with Salesforce to maximize productivityKey Features

• Build, implement, transform, secure, test, and deploy APIs using Anypoint Studio and Anypoint Platform
• Integrate MuleSoft with Salesforce and other end systems to build an application network
• Enhance your Salesforce and MuleSoft skills and employability with interview and certification tips and tricks

Book DescriptionMuleSoft for Salesforce Developers will help you build state-of-the-art enterprise solutions with flexible and scalable integration capabilities using MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform and Anypoint Studio. If you’re a Salesforce developer looking to get started with this useful tool, look no further. This book will get you up to speed in no time, leveling up your integration developer skills. This essential guide will first introduce you to the fundamentals of MuleSoft and API-led connectivity, before walking you through the API life cycle and the Anypoint Studio IDE. Once you have the IDE set up, you’ll be ready to create Mule applications. You’ll look at the core components of MuleSoft and Anypoint Platform, and before long you’ll know how to build, transform, secure, test, and deploy applications using the wide range of components available to you. Finally, you’ll learn about using connectors to integrate MuleSoft with Salesforce and to fulfill a number of use cases, which will be covered in depth, along with interview and certification tips. By the end of this book, you will be confident building MuleSoft integrations at an enterprise scale and be able to gain the fundamental MuleSoft certification – MCD.What you will learn

• Understand how to use MuleSoft to achieve API-led connectivity
• Design and create documentation for your API
• Develop Mule applications and run them in Anypoint Studio
• Monitor your applications from Anypoint Platform
• Transform your data using DataWeave
• Use the CI/CD and Mule Maven plugins
• Run tests using MUnit and generate a code coverage report
• Use best practices to maintain coding standards

Who this book is for

This book is for Salesforce developers who want to get started with MuleSoft. Salesforce architects will also find the concepts covered in the book useful in designing Salesforce solutions. Prior knowledge of any programming language and some basic integration concepts will be helpful, alongside basic familiarity with Salesforce development and experience with at least one Salesforce API – including the SOAP API, REST API, Bulk API, or Streaming API.

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Arul Christhuraj Alphonse is a senior integration architect based in Singapore with over 20 years of experience in the integration and API domain. He has worked at Akmin Technologies, Quinnox, IBM, TCS, and Cognizant, designing over 1,000 integrations. Arul holds a Master of Computer Applications and an MBA, along with multiple certifications, including MuleSoft Mentor, MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect, and SoftwareAG webMethods Certified Professional. Passionate about sharing knowledge, he creates courses on Udemy and runs the Tech Lightning YouTube channel. Born in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, he now lives in Singapore, contributing to the global tech community.

Alexandra Martinez is a developer advocate at MuleSoft, creating technical content to enable developers and architects to get started with MuleSoft's products. Before this, Alex worked as a MuleSoft developer and was part of the MuleSoft community as an Ambassadress and meetup leader for the Toronto, Online Spanish, and Women Who Mule chapters. Alex has 10+ years of experience in technology and has developed software in other languages, such as Java, Python, and PHP. Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, Alexandra's MuleSoft career was key to moving to a different country, and she currently lives in Niagara Falls, Canada. Alex volunteers at organizations such as Women Who Code and Olascoaga MX to help close the gender gap in STEM careers.

Akshata Sawant is a Senior Developer Advocate at Salesforce based in London. A distinguished technical speaker, she was named Rising Star of the Year (UK) 2024 by Digital Revolution Awards. Despite a short career span, she has spoken at top conferences, including Dreamforce, London's Calling, Salesforce TDX, Devoxx Belgium, DevOpsDays Geneva, and APIDays. Beyond speaking, Akshata is a prolific writer, regularly publishing blogs and articles. She also conducts training sessions and workshops for the Salesforce community. Born in Mumbai, she now shares knowledge globally through talks, podcasts, blogs, and livestreams. Connect with her on LinkedIn to explore APIs, AI, and Integration.