1. Zoho Developer Community Bootcamps - India: We're excited to announce a line-up of Zoho Developer Community Bootcamps in India. These bootcamps focus on empowering developers of all skill levels to learn and build extensions for Zoho products and potentially monetize them by listing them on Zoho Marketplace. 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. Read through the details here and register for the meetup in your city.
   
   
2. Zoho QEngine 101: We are happy to announce Zoho QEngine 101 series for the developer community consisting of five sessions in total. This series aims to enable attendees to create test cases from scratch, manage them under modules, and execute them for three different platforms—web, mobile, and API—using Zoho QEngine. Registration and more details here. We also have the Get to know Zoho QEngine webinar series to enhance your understanding of how to leverage QEngine for efficient application testing, particularly through automation. 
   
   
3. Zoho CRM APIs: In this series, you will learn about OAuth2.0 authorization used by Zoho CRM APIs, CRUD operations for retrieving, creating, updating, and deleting records, efficient search/query methods, data synchronization techniques for consistency across platforms, and working with SDKs for seamless integration of Zoho CRM functionality into applications. Register for this multi-part series and start using developer-centric CRM features like a pro!
   
   
4. Zoho Extensions 101 – Extensions for Zoho Finance Suite: This series offers a comprehensive exploration of developing extensions and widgets for the Zoho Finance suite. Starting with an introduction to Sigma and the Zoho Books platform, subsequent sessions cover creating extensions, testing, publishing, and listing apps in the Zoho Marketplace. Click here for the detailed agenda and registration.
   
   
5. eSignatures with Zoho Sign: Discover how to create legally binding documents and seamlessly integrate Zoho Sign into your website or mobile application using Zoho Sign APIs and SDKs. Join us to learn the importance of integrating a digital signature solution into your website, get a product walkthrough of Zoho Sign, and gain insights into utilizing Zoho Sign's APIs effectively. Register here.
   
   
6. Catalyst Masterclass – Build next-gen bots with NLP capabilities using ConvoKraft: Join us for an exclusive webinar on Catalyst ConvoKraft with industry experts to learn how to build next-gen bots with advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities. Catalyst ConvoKraft is an open platform on which third-party, non-AI developers can build chatbots. Developers can easily embed bots built on ConvoKraft into their application's front end for end-users to interact with.
   
   
7. 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 Logistics Industry was a success, and during the upcoming session, we'll be exploring Creator for the Education Industry.
   
   Title: Creator For the Education Industry
   Date: May 2, 2024
   APAC & ANZ: 11 AM to 12 PM IST - Registration Link
   EMEA: 4 PM to 5 PM IST - Registration Link
   Americas: 9 PM to 10 PM IST - Registration Link
   
   
8. Creator Tech Connect Series: 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. We are conducting a three-month series on mobile applications in Zoho Creator. The recently concluded session focused on customizing mobile applications in Zoho Creator, while the upcoming session in the series will be about Rebranding mobile applications in Zoho Creator.
   
   Title: Rebranding Mobile Applications in Zoho Creator
   Date: May 9, 2024
   APAC & ANZ: 11 AM to 12 PM IST - Registration Link
   EMEA: 4 PM to 5 PM IST - Registration Link
   Americas: 9 PM to 10 PM IST - Registration Link
   

• Building extensions #7: Learn to create custom widgets for a simplified end-user experience.
  
  
• Zoho Creator: Learn how you can create widgets using your existing Figma design from Zoho Creator - Widgets Kit. This kit comes with comprehensive usage instructions and supported components for Creator widgets.
  
  
• Zoho CRM Developer updates:
• Upgraded TypeScript SDK supporting v6 APIs to version 2.0.0.
  
• Upgraded Ruby SDK supporting v6 APIs to version 2.0.0.
  
• Upgraded Python SDK supporting v6 APIs to version 2.0.0.
  
• Upgraded C# SDK supporting v6 APIs to version 4.0.0.
  
• Learn more about Circuits in Zoho CRM in this Kaizen post where we discuss an exciting use case, test the circuit, and associate it with a workflow.
  
• Learn how to associate a circuit with a button and a blueprint. This post also discusses the output of each Zoho CRM functional state in a circuit.
  
• Learn how to use Client Script to get non-mandatory pop-up.
  
• Learn how to configure and initialize the Zoho CRM Scala SDK, and begin making authenticated API calls using a self-client.
  
• Our Kaizen post 131 discusses how to perform bulk write for parent-child records using Scala SDK.
  
  
• Zoho Creator Webinars: Get access to the previous Zoho Creator Session recordings from Youtube & Zoho Creator Studio below:
  
• Previous Session Links (Youtube):
  
• Learning Table Series: Creator for Real Estate
  
• Creator Tech Connect: Custom Widgets/Extensions in Zoho Creator - Part 3
• Playlist Links (Youtube):
  
• Learning Table Series
  
• Creator Tech Connect
• Previous Session Links (Zoho Creator Studio):
• Learning Table Series: Creator for Real Estate
• Creator Tech Connect: Custom Widgets/Extensions in Zoho Creator - Part 3
• Playlist Links (Zoho Creator Studio):
• Learning Table Series
• Creator Tech Connect

Zoho Developer Forum

• At times, even the tiniest syntax slip-up can be vexing. That's where community support comes through, as members have likely encountered similar challenges. In this instance, @Philip sought assistance on our forum for a WHERE clause issue in a COQL query, and as usual, @Haiku Technical Support swiftly offered helpful tips to guide @Philip and @DataWarehouse.
  
• More often than not, minor script glitches can escalate into significant time drains for developers. @Jason's struggle with transferring subform records highlights the frustration such issues can bring. Our MVP @Hugh Marshall's timely intervention not only resolved the problem but also underscored the invaluable support network within the community.
• @Emmanuel struggled to update a multi-select field in Zoho CRM, prompting other community members to jump into the discussion with similar challenges. @Sunderjan and @Pheranda pitched in with code snippets to help them through their predicaments.
  
• Identifying the cause of a problem is key to resolving it, which is precisely what @Hugh Marshall aided in with @Jorge's situation. While attempting to parse an XML file in Zoho CRM, @Jorge Andrés faced challenges in isolating and processing details from the XML, despite exploring different solutions. Go through this conversation to understand how community can be your go-to when you’re stuck in coding conundrums.

Developers ZUG Cliq Channel

• Does it spark your interest when I say that it's possible to search email ID in Leads and Contacts modules at the same time? Go through this discussion where @Venessa West shares how.
• @Nhivethasre comes to @Piyush's rescue with the steps involved in publishing his Zoho Creator app on Google Play Store and Apple's App Store. Make sure to bookmark this thread for future reference when you're ready to publish your own app!
• Our champions Tasha and Puneeth offered step-by-step solution to Fatih in this discussion to fetch data from a website (specifically, YouTube) using Deluge and funnel it into Zoho Desk via an app developed with Zoho Catalyst.
  
• Check out this lovely conversation that shows the pros coming together to help each other out with great camaraderie!
• @Haiku Technical Support helped @Danny save some time by suggesting a more straighforward solution to his requirement, avoiding the need to integrate more products than needed.

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