Zoho Developer Community Monthly Digest - September 2024

Zoho Developer Community Monthly Digest - September 2024



Hello everyone,

This month's Developer Digest is packed with resources to help you build powerful applications. Learn how to leverage Zoho CRM's new features, explore the latest in Zoho Finance and Catalyst, and join exciting bootcamps, webinars, and insightful conversations to become a pro Zoho Developer!

Upcoming Events

Creator Tech Connect 

Creator's tech connect series would comprise of technical sessions that provide immersive training on the key essentials and technical nuances of building a solution in Zoho Creator. This is a great opportunity for our developer community to stay informed about Creator's new feature releases, product roadmap, best practices to follow while scripting in deluge, new deluge concepts, and cloud functions. The previous session focused on managing users and applications in Zoho Creator with Zoho directory, and in the upcoming session, we will explore managing domains, controls, and security policies in Zoho Creator using Zoho Directory.

Title: Domains, controls, and security policies in Zoho Creator using Zoho Directory
Date: October 10, 2024
APAC & ANZ: 11 AM to 12 PM IST - Register here
EMEA: 4 PM to 5 PM IST - Register here
Americas: 9 PM to 10 PM IST - Register here

Zoho Apptics 101 

Date: October 15, 2024
Time: 12:30 pm IST & 9:30 PM IST
Title: Bug Reporting and In-App Feedback

In this series, we’ll dive deep into every aspect of application analytics to help you understand how Zoho Apptics aids in measuring important KPIs that reflect your app's performance, growth, and engagement. Registration and more details here.

Zobot Bootcamps - India

Location
Date
Time
Ahmedabad
Oct 19
9:30 am to 5 pm IST
Madurai
Oct 26
9:30 am to 5 pm IST
Coimbatore
Nov 09
9:30 am to 5 pm IST

We're thrilled by the support and reception we've had so far for the Zobot Bootcamps in the first six cities on our schedule. We can't be more excited to meet you all in your cities soon and equip you to build fully functional AI chatbots for your business or as a service for your clients using Zoho SalesIQ's Zobot platform. This is a great opportunity to network with fellow developers and Zoho users, interact with Zoho experts, share ideas and experiences, and grow together as a community. Register for a bootcamp in a city near you!

Catalyst Bootcamp: Build an NLP-powered ecommerce bot

Date & Time: October 24, 2024
Time: 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm IST or 8 AM - 9AM PT

Is your ecommerce store struggling with customer service overload and missed sales opportunities? Transform your ecommerce store with a custom AI-powered chatbot. Learn how to create a custom AI chatbot that handles inquiries 24/7, recommends products, and boosts conversions. Our webinar shows you how to build your own chatbot, tailored to your unique business needs that enhances customer experience and drives sales growth. Join us to unlock AI's potential for your online store in just 10 simple steps.

Zoho CRM Client Script 

Date: October 24, 2024
Time: 9:30 pm IST / 9:00 am PDT

Fueled by popular demand, we're back with a line-up of sessions in the Client Script series, focusing on advanced features and real-time business applications. Learn how to tailor Zoho CRM by defining highly interactive and responsive interfaces to cater to real-time business needs as our experts and guest speakers from the community walk you through the basics of Client Scripts and showcase various use case implementations. Registration and more details here. If you're interested to showcase your Client Script projects to the community in one of these sessions, write to us at developer-community@zohocorp.com

Learning Table Series

We designed this series to provide users with valuable insights and knowledge about Creator's capabilities in various business use cases and applications. This year we have adopted the 12 Months 12 Industries concept.   Every month, we will focus on a specific industry, illustrating its unique processes with real-time business scenarios and how to make best use of Creator for that industry.  Our recent webinar on Creator for the Healthcare Industry was a success, and during the upcoming session we'll be exploring Creator for the Technology industry.

Title: Creator for the Technology industry
Date: November 7, 2024
APAC & ANZ: 11 AM to 12 PM IST - Register here
EMEA: 4 PM to 5 PM IST - Register here
Americas: 9 PM to 10 PM IST - Register here

Feature Spotlight

Announcing Early Access to Catalyst's Newest Features

We're thrilled to announce the early access launch of Catalyst's newest powerhouse features designed to supercharge your application development!

Catalyst Signals: Elevate your event-driven architecture with Catalyst Signals, the event bus service that routes events in real-time across Zoho services and platforms like Shopify. Forget traditional webhooks! Signals seamlessly integrates events without consuming webhook API calls, reducing latency and saving costs. Automate workflows, kick off analytics, and create dynamic event-based systems effortlessly.

Catalyst NoSQL Database: Experience the power of a fully managed NoSQL storage solution! Now, store structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data with ease. Perform CRUD operations using Catalyst SDKs in Java, Node.js, and Python or through APIs. Plus, seamlessly migrate your existing AWS DynamoDB databases with just a few clicks.

Stratus: The ultimate cloud object storage solution! Store unlimited data in any format with built-in caching, encryption, and versioning. Effortlessly migrate from GCP, Amazon S3, or Azure Blob Storage into Catalyst. Stratus is here to fulfill all your storage needs with unmatched flexibility.

Job Scheduling: Our new job scheduling feature lets you handle tasks with minute-level precision using advanced cron expressions. Manage everything from a comprehensive dashboard, ensuring smooth, automated workflows.

Register now for early access and take your development to the next level! 

Resource Spotlight

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Community Discussions

Zoho Developer Forum

Developers ZUG Cliq Channel

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Community Spotlight

ZDH Speakers

As a continuation of featuring a ZDH presenter each month, this time, we are delighted to introduce the 15th episode presenter @David Afolabi. Explore this post to discover the knowledge and insights he shared with the community.

Cliq Contributors

Here are our top contributors who have gone the extra mile to support and assist the community:



We want to express our sincere appreciation to all our community contributors. Your commitment, expertise, and the time you invest are invaluable to the community. 

For those who are new to the Zoho Developer Community, check out this post to get started. 

We appreciate you dedicating your time to peruse this month's digest. Make sure to follow the digest each month for the most recent updates and conversations. Stay connected and participate in the forums and the Cliq channel to be featured in the upcoming month's digest. Wishing you an amazing month ahead!

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