Salesforce Development

Employement as a Salesforce Developer at Epos Now

I am currently employed at Epos Now based in Norwich. EPOS Now is the leader in cloud-based point of sale systems with over 10,000 hospitality and retail businesses relying upon us, and were ranked by the Sunday Times as the 13th fastest-growing tech business in the UK. My role is part of the Internal Team managing the Salesforce CRM system and developing new features on the platform.

While working at Epos Now for the past year I have developed many new features and some useful applications.

Additional Tabs - Show all system tabs including hidden and previously inaccessible tabs.
As a Salesforce Adminstrator you will find your organisation can quickly run out of usable Object Tabs. This app provides a way to view all hidden objects including ones which do not have a tab. This frees up tabs from the small overall limit by allowing less import objects to be accessed via this page instead.

Install the Managed Package: Additional Tabs

https://eu5.salesforce.com/ (Contact: tomlinstead13@hotmail.co.uk)

Google Calendar Sync - Integration with Google Calendar to automatically add Salesforce Events to the users Google Calendar.
Keeping up to date with Events with multiple calendars can be tricky. This app syncs your Salesforce Events to the corresponding persons Google Calendar. Setup by connecting your organisations Google Admin account OAuth details and once complete any new inserted or updated events will automatically show on the calendar corresponding with the users email address.

Install the Managed Package: Google Calendar Sync

https://eu6.salesforce.com/ (Contact: contact@swcdesigns.com)

Custom Page Headers - Show related account items in quick access tabs, shortening the overall size of the account page.

GeoMapper - Show contacts, leads and accounts in a customisable radius on a geographic map to easily find nearby businesses.

Lightning Page Components - Lightning style forms and page components which work seamlessly with Salesforce1 Mobile app for easy data entry.

Custom Buttons - Show page buttons visually in easy tabular sections on pages for quick access additionally working with the Salesforce1 Mobile app. Much better than the standard grey buttons.

I also have undertaken many Trailhead Modules to familiarise myself with newer aspects of the Salesforce CRM platform. All development work ad-hears to the Lighting Design System and strict standards. All work shown here is just a small portion of the development I have achieved while working at Epos Now.

Programming Languages/Tools: Visualforce, Apex, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Salesforce, SQL
Published on 26 Dec 2015

Haptic Interactive Molecular Docking Software

Masters Dissertation Project. Grade: 77.95% (FIRST CLASS)

My Masters year project was to develop a piece of software as part of a team to simulate molecular docking of molecules. Molecular Docking involves positioning at least two molecules together to form a suitable best 'fit' complex. The software created allowed for the ability to load data files from the Protein Data Bank and see a visual representation of the molecules. These molecules can be moved and collide with other, together with interaction with a haptic feedback device. Realistic approximates of the force acting between the molecules are also calculated and force feedback provided to the user. The project involved C# development for the main application using OpenTK for OpenGL functionality and custom molecular DLL libraries.

Demonstration Presentation:

Download the final application here: Interactive Molecular Docking Application

Source Code Repository: https://bitbucket.org/Thomaslinstead/mcompproj/src/

By Thomas Linstead, Adam Aldridge, John Gilbey and Sam Westlake.

Programming Languages/Tools: C#, OpenTK (OpenGL), C++ (Dll).
Published on 23 May 2014

2D CAD: Architecture

Advanced Programming Concepts and Techniques Module. Grade: 78.25% (FIRST CLASS)

The aim of this project was to create a bespoke piece of software for 2D computer aided design (CAD) specifically for architectural drawing. The objective was to produce a system that is extensible and well-designed which meets the client’s needs. A software product was produced as part of a team consisting of three individuals utilising agile development methods. The software was produced to meet the requirements of a client, extensively tested to ensure these requirements were met and documented thoroughly.

Features Include

-Drawing of lines, shapes, architectural elements and text.
-Import of image files.
-Export to pdf format.
-Easy to use drawing controls to draw to scale.

Download the application here: 2D CAD: Architecture

Source Code Repository: https://bitbucket.org/Thomaslinstead/advprog/src

By Thomas Linstead, John Gilbey and Sam Westlake.

Programming Languages/Tools: C#, SharpGL, WPF
Published on 17 Dec 2013

Real-Time Ray Tracing Project

Undergraduate Third Year Dissertation Project. Grade: 76.60% (FIRST CLASS)

3rd year dissertation project on the topic of Ray Tracing. An alternative computer rendering technique for producing high quality computer images. By simulating the physics of light this technique produces a 3D environment exhibiting refractions and reflections. I have worked on producing a real-time interactive application through utilising the power of graphics hardware with OpenCL.

Dissertation:

View a clip of the application here: Real-Time Ray Tracing Application

By Thomas Linstead.

Programming Languages/Tools: C++, OpenGL, OpenCL
Published on 24 May 2013

WikiEnc Encyclopaedia Website

Software Engineering II Module. Grade: 78.35% (FIRST CLASS)

This project was to create a new web-application called WikiEnc, consisting of a website containing user-contributed encyclopaedia articles. The system allows users to view articles, which can be added to their basket and downloaded as an E-book. Each article contains a discussion section, where users can discuss the content of the article in question. Users are also able to rate articles, as well as rate the users who have contributed to it. Each article has a history section showing the changes which have been made to it. Users have a profile and are able to view a newsfeed of their favourite articles.

The system was developed as part of a team utilising software engineering methodologies and practices. We implemented the WikiEnc system according to the given specification and system requirements. We implemented the system using the Model-View-Controller architecture to separate the different areas of the system. JSP’s were used to create the view aspect of the system; servlets were used as controllers and did not output any html content. Entity beans together with ORM (Object Relational Mapping) were used to represent the data used in the model. Design patterns were used to solve problems that are commonly encountered in software development and to make the system more extensible and maintainable.

By Thomas Linstead, Matthew Baxter, John Clark and Jan Gulan.

Programming Languages/Tools: Java, HTML, JSP, EJB, SQL, Javascript
Published on 14 Feb 2013

Anglia Design LLP Website

Website Development for Client: Anglia Design LLP

Worked alongside the employees of Anglia Design LLP to produce a professional website for the company. Developed from scratch using Flash and HTML elements, together with additional Javascript to showcase the companies work. It is specifically designed to be viewed on both windows and apple devices.

View the website now: http://www.angliadesign.co.uk