MuleSoft for Salesforce Developers

Book excerpt: Design, secure, test, and deploy APIs with MuleSoft, and integrate it with Salesforce to maximize productivity Key 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.