Introduction to Building E-Commerce Solutions on Heroku and Salesforce
of 22
/22
-
Author
salesforce-developers -
Category
Technology
-
view
803 -
download
5
Embed Size (px)
description
Heroku is a powerful platform for building and deploying custom enterprise-class solutions in a rapid fashion. Force.com is the gateway to your customers and sales data. In this session we will present an application that brings the power of a custom Java application running on Heroku together with the Force.com platform for a fully integrated e-commerce solution. We will discuss design patterns and best practices for creating dynamic e-commerce driven web sites using Heroku and Force.com. Join us to learn how to bring these two platforms together to drive your innovation forward and connect with your customers like never before!
Transcript of Introduction to Building E-Commerce Solutions on Heroku and Salesforce
Introduction to Building E-Commerce Solutions on Heroku and Salesforce
Scott Geosits, Trifecta Technologies Inc., Salesforce.com Solutions Architect and Team [email protected]
All about Trifecta Technologies▪ IT Business Solutions Company
▪ Custom Enterprise and Highly Integrated Solutions
▪ Specializing in Salesforce, Mobile, and Web
▪ Engaged by leading brands across many industries
▪ 22+ years of Customer Success
Who is Varsity? We are cheerleading!!!
Leading provider of apparel and accessories to cheer and dance teams across North America
The Varsity Colors business storyBusiness Need: •Create fully branded online fundraising stores on demand for school teams•Leverage existing Salesforce implementation•Quick and simple setup and configuration for users
Solution overview
Microsite Admin
heroku add-ons
Team Store Microsites
Environment Configuration
Worker Services
heroku add-ons
Microsite Configuration
Product Catalog
database.com
Adobe Scene7
Varsity Legacy Platform -AS400 iSeries ERP-Order Management System-CyberSource Payment Gateway
Integration Tier- A
S400 iSeries ERP
- Adobe Scene 7
- CyberSource Payment Gateway
- S3 Static Web Resources
Solution overview – Force.com
Microsite Configuration
Product Catalog
database.com
Adobe Scene7
Solution Details – Force.comWhy we chose Force.com
▪ Varsity has embraced Force.com across all levels of the business▪ Significantly lower development costs▪ Workflow for store approvals▪ Sales reps do most of their work in Salesforce▪ Reporting on fundraising program sales
Force.com – Product catalog and store maintenance▪ Product data sourced from corporate ERP system▪ Administrators configure product data▪ Markup and web content controlled by administrator▪ Configure customizable product layers▪ Adobe Scene 7 integration updates images immediately▪ Color scheme groupings for easy maintenance▪ Sales reps configure store style and content▪ Catalog per school allows reps to select products for sale▪ One click to publish site to Heroku
Force.com – Product catalog and store maintenance
Force.com – Order capture and dashboards▪ Orders captured in both Salesforce and ERP▪ Dashboards provide easy visibility to sales totals
Force.com – Best practices and lessons learned▪ Salesforce pushes updates for products, accounts to Heroku▪ Heroku integration via Salesforce REST API▪ Be aware of governor limits!
▪ Script limits - this has been removed▪ DML Statements / query limits▪ Downstream trigger cascade effects and considerations▪ Large complex data model can cause you to exceed limits▪ External email limit exceptions
▪ Limit your API calls▪ Use custom Apex REST services where appropriate to reduce API calls and define
transaction boundaries
Solution overview – Heroku
Microsite Admin
heroku add-ons
Team Store Microsites
Environment Configuration
Worker Services
heroku add-ons
Adobe Scene7
Varsity Legacy Platform -AS400 iSeries ERP-Order Management System-CyberSource Payment Gateway
Integration Tier- A
S400 iSeries ERP
- Adobe Scene 7
- CyberSource Payment Gateway
- S3 Static Web Resources
Solution Details – HerokuWhy we chose Heroku
▪ Customer facing application functionality• Java gives us more flexibility for pure custom solution.• Customer facing sites do not need full Salesforce capabilities and would be cost
prohibitive for user licensing.
▪ Integration• Real-time processing on Heroku vs. scheduled jobs in Force.com.
▪ Service options• Availability of more ready-to-go functionality via add-ons
▪ Scalability• Start small and add dynos as the application grows
Team store and fundraising site▪ School specific branding, style, and content▪ Hundreds of school sites rendered via single set of CSS and HTML templates
Custom fundraising e-commerce solution▪ Full cart and checkout e-Commerce functionality▪ Adobe Scene 7 renders dynamic product images▪ Social links allow shoppers to share items▪ Custom Heroku authentication for customers
Heroku Application Structure▪ Java / Spring MVC core▪ Add-on services
▪ Cloudant storage▪ Memcachier caching▪ SendGrid email service▪ CloudAMQP Message Queueing
▪ Adobe Scene 7 dynamic image creation▪ S3 static asset hosting▪ New Relic monitoring
Heroku architecture constraints▪ Web dynos must respond in 30 seconds or less▪ Dynos must start up in 60 seconds or less▪ Heap size
▪ 1x dynos get 512 MB, 2x dynos get 1024MB
▪ No session state▪ Need persistence solution such as Cloudant
▪ No web server or filesystem▪ S3 or similar solution for static assets (CSS, javascript, images, etc.)
Heroku – Best practices and lessons learned▪ Caching strategy
▪ Frequently accessed pages pre-generated and cached for fast web dyno response▪ Two level cache for header, footer, catalog and product HTML components
▪ Memcache provides fast primary lookup▪ If item not present in memcache, retrieve from Cloudant if not dirty▪ If dirty, request regeneration of HTML component▪ Product and account information also cached in this manner
▪ Long running processes▪ Use worker dynos, message queues and AJAX calls to check status on web pages▪ Page generation, order completion
Heroku – Best practices and lessons learned▪ Also use worker dynos for batch processing
▪ Integration worker to update Salesforce from AS/400 ERP▪ Batch job to re-generate dirty HTML page components in the background
▪ Cloudant for session persistence▪ Take advantage of add-on services to reduce implementation time
▪ No need to rebuild functionality▪ Use developer level services for prototyping and development
▪ Throughput and scaling▪ Java web dynos support multithreading – use this to boost your throughput
For more information…▪ Heroku Dev Center
• https://devcenter.heroku.com• Heroku is free to try and develop on – sign up for an account at http://www.heroku.com
▪ Salesforce REST API• http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/
▪ Developer.force.com• http://developer.force.com/
▪ Trifecta Technologies• http://www.trifecta.com
Scott Geosits
Salesforce.com Solutions Architect and Team Lead,@scottgeosits
Visit Us at Booth #1207 Moscone Center Expo North or Online at www.trifecta.com!
