Salesforce + Drupal

Posted by Aaron Bauman on February 24, 2011

Sprints, Birds of a Feather, and other informal gatherings

At Drupalcon 2010 in San Francisco, the Salesforce BoF led to some really good brainstorming, and offered a chance for users and developers to meet one another.

Let's get together again in Chicago.

If there's enough interest, maybe we can divide the BoF into 2 parts - part 1 as an intro for beginners, and part 2 to address more advanced concerns.

Please post questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions in the comments.

background:
Salesforce Suite is a collection of Drupal modules to connect your Salesforce CRM to your Drupal site.

Online meeting?

Posted by Sashi Gangaraju on Mon, 2011-02-28 22:01

Is there any possibility to attend the meeting online. (Like a skype or breeze meeting).
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Sashi G

Salesforce queuing

Posted by William Hurley on Wed, 2011-03-02 17:03

We had planned on hosting a BoF around queuing and bi-directional syncing to and from SalesForce. We're currently using the SalesForce API for our module. It might make sense to try and coordinate times and approach.

divide and conquer

Posted by Aaron Bauman on Wed, 2011-03-02 19:58

I dunno if there will be enough people, but maybe it makes sense to divide among interest:
- one group tailored to site admins and module users to deal with issues like setup, configuration, synching, etc.
- another group tailored to site builders and developers concerning module development roadmap, features, architecture, etc.

I have literally no idea how many people to expect. Depending on the numbers, we might be able to accommodate both of these groups in a BoF session - sounds like the rooms are pretty large.
Or maybe the BoF should be wholly focused on the first group, and developers can get together in a less formal way?
With only 6 BoF rooms, I don't think two BoFs for a relatively niche interest is appropriate...
Thoughts?

Hard to judge

Posted by William Hurley on Fri, 2011-03-04 15:56

I think it depends on the size of the rooms and whether we can really get multiple semi-independent groups in there. I suspect there's a lot of overlap in the two groups, but not necessarily at a given point of time. Maybe split the time? Kind of Soloman-esque, but .... Either way, love to get together with you guys and talk about challenges and roadmaps because we're seeing a fair amount of continued interest in SalesForce from and to Drupal.

agree

Posted by Aaron Bauman on Fri, 2011-03-04 17:18

so we both agree that there are at least 2 different audiences with some amount of overlap.

we'll do whatever makes the most to try accommodate everyone's interests fairly. e.g. if there are only a handful of developers, and a great number of site admins, we should spend more time on setup, configuration, and advanced use cases as opposed to the development roadmap.