Another week, another Kevin! In this episode of Code Coverage we talk to Kevin O’Hara, CTO of LevelEleven, Force.com MVP and creator of nForce, a NodeJS module for Salesforce integration.
- Why he loves open source
- The Salesforce.com products they build at LevelEleven
nForce and NodeJS:
- Dogfooding and finally getting to use it in production himself
- Promises in the upcoming nForce 1.0 using Bluebird
- Refactoring and maintaining the source code
- His thoughts on the recent fork of NodeJS creating io.js
- A quick discussion on nodeschool
His latest project, a command line interface, DMC, for Salesforce.com developers:
- Building a tool that feels familiar to those new to the platform
- Treating orgs as remote file systems
- Where his efforts cross over with those of Joe Ferraro
Open source development and the various things it entails:
- Dealing with complaints when things go wrong
- Knowing that people’s businesses might depend on your hobby
Other topics:
- Detroit and it’s tech scene
- How he moved from sales into development