Zoho Developer Hangout (ZDH) - Episode 10 | Codebase Maintenance and Error Handling in Deluge

Zoho Developer Hangout (ZDH) - Episode 10 | Codebase Maintenance and Error Handling in Deluge



Hello everyone,

We're happy to introduce the 10th episode of Zoho Developer Hangout. In this episode, our top community contributor @Eric Chrobak, CRM Engineer at Vaspian, offers insights on developing maintainable applications, and imparts a great deal of  knowledge from his experiences in handling errors in Deluge. He goes on to talk about different scenarios where other tools come in handy, and their effective utilization for different use cases.

About the Speaker:

Eric is a software specialist who excels in solving common business problems through technology. His expertise spans Zoho applications like CRM, Books, Creator, Analytics, and Desk, while also extending to web development, Deluge scripting, and AWS. Eric's skill set includes building integrations on platforms like Google Cloud and AWS, utilizing languages like Python, Ruby, PHP, and JavaScript.

Check out the ZDH 10 recording and share your feedback in the comments below!



If you have a compelling use case that you're proud of implementing and eager to share with the developer community, send us an email at developer(hyphen)community(at)zohocorp(dot)comso we can set you up for a session.


ZDH is a Zoho Developer Community learning initiative that aims to facilitate a platform for developers to share their expertise and learn from each other. The monthly virtual meetings are designed to help developers solve real-time business problems by leveraging Deluge and other programming languages. Notably, these sessions are presented by our esteemed Zoho Community members themselves, along with our team of product experts. This format offers community members the chance to engage in interactive discussions, share their own experiences, and gain valuable insights into innovative problem-solving strategies employed by their peers. 




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