016: Workbench with Ryan Brainard

Ryan Brainard, Principal Member of Technical Staff at Heroku, joins me on The Salesforce Developer podcast to talk about the curious history of Workbench.  While never an officially supported aspect of Salesforce (it’s technically an open source reference application) it has still found a place as something of a Swiss Army knife of debugging utilities for working with Salesforce and its related API’s.  Follow us along for an origin story of this toolset and it’s evolution over the years. Towards the end we’ll get a little teaser into what Ryan’s working on over at Heroku.   Show Highlights: The early days of Workbench, running Workbench open source from his laptop computer, and its evolution from his laptop to the cloud How Workbench has helped developers debug, investigate, and work with Salesforce features and APIs Workbench as a demonstration of the open source project When he realized Workbench was becoming more than just a “pet project” and gaining momentum Ryan’s favorite Workbench feature, the Matrix Cycle View   Resources:Ryan on Twitter Ryan on LinkedIn Ryan on Github Ryan's website Workbench on Github   *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com