BYOK, Evolving Your Tech Stack, and Chatbots

Read the latest Heroku news and articles, watch conference sessions, and discover new add-ons, podcasts, and more. [View in Browser]( [Heroku Newsletter]( May 2020 newsletter COVID-19 Resources During this challenging time, we’d like to share some of the many resources available from the Salesforce family. We hope you find them useful or inspiring. [[Technical Session] How Wunderman Thompson Built a Digital Experience on Heroku in 5 Days →]( Join Heroku Product Marketing Manager Srini Nirmalgandhi and Heroku customer Wunderman Thompson on June 4, 2020 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT. They discuss how the agency built Sofa Sets, the world’s first data-driven virtual music festival, in five days to support the shelter-in-place order during the pandemic. [[Life Blog] A True Win-Win: How Being More Active Can Help Fight Malnutrition →]( Heroku customer Active for Good is running a new free activity challenge: Active Together While Apart. Every minute of exercise counts towards unlocking meals for malnourished kids. Our team has found this to be a great way to work together during this time. Learn how you can join in. [[Video] B-Well Together: Health and Wellbeing →]( Watch this video series on aligning the mind and body with leading wellness experts like Deepak Chopra, Arianna Huffington, Jerry Colonna, and many others. - [Do Something Fun: Build a Quiz App for Remote Team Building with Salesforce and Heroku →]( - [Heroku’s COVID-19 Resources →]( - [Tableau’s Coronavirus Global Data Tracker →]( - [Mulesoft’s COVID-19 Resources →]( Headlines [Bring Your Own Key for Heroku Managed Data Services Is Now Generally Available →]( Use your AWS KMS keys to gain full custody and control of your sensitive data on Heroku. [[Engineering Blog] Building and Scaling a Global Chatbot Using Heroku + Terraform →]( Dive into how the Salesforce team uses Heroku for their chatbot’s multi-region requirements. [[Engineering Blog] Evolving Alongside Your Tech Stack →]( Software development is advancing so rapidly, how do you keep up? Explore how you can stay on top of the changing development landscape and balance your desire to learn with the success of your product. [[Video] CodeLive: Build a GraphQL API That’s Integrated with Salesforce →]( In Part 3 of 3, we continue building an integration with Salesforce using Heroku Connect. We’ll walk through how to enable write access to External Objects and how to map Salesforce objects to Heroku Postgres. [[AMA] Engineering Management →]( Join Rick Newman, Director of Engineering, at his upcoming AMA on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT. Rick will discuss how to foster a team culture based on openness, trust, and feedback, especially when most, or all, team members are remote. [[PyCon Conference Talk] From Project to Productionized on Heroku →]( Watch this workshop, led by Casey Faist, to help you go from a project to an application. [[Podcast] Joe Kutner on the Twelve-Factor App →]( On Software Engineering Radio, Joe Kutner discusses the [twelve-factor app]( a methodology that aids development of modern apps that are portable, scalable, and maintainable. You may also enjoy - [Building an App That Uses All 7 New JavaScript ES2020 Features →]( - [Key Application Performance Metrics from the Viewpoint of a Statistician-Turned-Developer →]( - The Complete Tutorial on the Top 5 Ways to Query Your Relational Database in JavaScript — [Part 1]( and [Part 2]( → - [React + Docker with Security in 10 Minutes →]( - [Tips for Documenting Your Code →]( - [5 Ways Technology Teams Can Deliver a Better Customer Experience Now →]( - [Special Offer for Students]( Heroku has an exciting learning and growth offer for students registered with the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Students receive one Hobby dyno for up to two years (valued at $84/year) at no charge. → Add-on Marketplace Generally Available Add-ons [EasyMovie →]( Allow companies to leverage their employees to create authentic videos at scale. [Attachment Scanner →]( Scan uploads for viruses, malware, and more using this anti-virus tool for developers. Add-on Marketplace Beta Add-ons [SentinelDB →]( Keep data safe with this privacy by design, GDPR-compliant database with per-record encryption. [Status List →]( Know immediately when HTTP services degrade, fail, or resume. [DataView →]( Leverage business intelligence and analytics based on Metabase. [Sentinel Trails →]( Protect your logs, data, and documents with blockchain technology. Built on Heroku [AE Studio Delivers Customizable Celebrity Merchandise at Massive Scale →]( Heroku’s managed services, reliability, and easy scalability enabled the agency to serve millions of fans during a 48-hour flash event. Upcoming Events [TrailheaDX (Virtual) →]( June 25th, 2020 TrailheaDX ‘20. It’s new, it’s virtual, it’s live, and it’s free. This online event will bring together thousands of developers, admins, architects, partners, entrepreneurs, CIOs, and students, and attendees will learn firsthand from product experts while connecting, having fun, and giving back with the Trailblazer Community. New Dev Center Articles Encrypt [Heroku Postgres]( [Heroku Redis]( or [Apache Kafka on Heroku]( with Your Encryption Key → Create keys in the AWS Key Management Service to encrypt your Heroku Postgres or Heroku Redis database, or Apache Kafka on Heroku. [Application Load Testing →]( Learn how to set up a load testing environment, run a load test, and use the results to improve your app’s performance. [PgBouncer Configuration →]( Learn about database connections, your options for connection pooling, and how to configure PgBouncer to improve your app’s performance. [Scheduling Custom Django Management Commands →]( Running scheduled tasks for your Django application is simple with custom django-admin commands and Heroku Scheduler. Code[ish] Podcasts [Enabling a New Generation with Technology and Hawaiian Cultural Values →]( April 16th, 2020 - Special Episode Be inspired by Purple Mai’a, a nonprofit focused on teaching students technical skills while protecting Hawaiian culture. [Cybersecurity →]( April 30th, 2020 - Special Episode Jason Meller, CEO of Kolide, talks with us about developing security software with users in mind. [From Idea to Beta →]( April 21st, 2020 - Episode 66 Philippe Vanderstigel, a co-founder of RocketChart, chats with us about how to launch a successful business. [Launching a Startup in a Regulated Industry →]( April 28th, 2020 - Episode 67 Learn all about Rhino, a new startup that is improving the way renters pay deposits to their landlords. [Performance Tuning Critical Rendering Path →]( May 5th, 2020 - Episode 68 Ben Harding, a developer at RayGun, tells us about the tools and techniques that are available for building performant websites. [Designing a Better 2FA Mobile App →]( May 12th, 2020 - Episode 69 Evan Grim joins us to talk about Salesforce Authenticator, a 2FA mobile app that combines security with usability. [Monitoring, Privacy, and Security in Public Cloud →]( May 19th, 2020 - Episode 70 Sensu’s CTO Sean Porter talks about the importance of monitoring infrastructure security and user privacy. [Salesforce + Heroku]( Salesforce 415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 [Update your email preferences]( [Privacy]( [Heroku Blog]( [Code[ish] Podcasts]( [Heroku Twitter]( [Heroku on Instagram]( [Heroku on YouTube]( [Heroku on Facebook]( [Heroku on GitHub]( [Heroku on LinkedIn](