Platform Newsletter - August 2024
Published August 15, 2024
Welcome to the hottest edition of our newsletter—especially if you’re soaking up the sun in the northern hemisphere! To help you stay cool, enjoy reading the refreshing articles and updates for August that are sure to inspire and engage.
And while coding may not be an Olympic sport, check out the challenge section to join this global event and start training to create Slack apps for a productive post-vacation comeback. This is your chance to flex those coding muscles and bring your creative ideas to life!
I also want to encourage you to keep creating, innovating, and sharing your work with the Slack community. It’s fantastic to see some of your amazing creations, some of which have been featured in this newsletter. So keep it up! Remember, collaboration and sharing ideas can spark new projects and inspire others.
So grab your sunscreen, stay hydrated, and let’s dive into this month’s content!
Summer Project
Create a Slack App for Olympic & Paralympic Results!! 🥇🥈🥉
Get ready to dive into the excitement of the Summer Olympics and Paralympics with our latest coding challenge! Try out building a Slack app that keeps its user informed. Whether your app showcases final Olympic results or provides its users with daily Paralympic updates, follow the steps provided below to start building.
API Integration: Use the Paris 2024 API to fetch the latest results and statistics for your chosen sport, team, or country.
Final Olympic Results: Create an app that pulls in the complete results from the Olympics, allowing users to explore outcomes by country, sport, or athlete. Perfect for those who want a comprehensive overview of the Games.
Daily Paralympic Updates: Keep the excitement going by setting up your app to send automated daily updates during the Paralympics, helping your team stay on top of the latest scores and medal tallies.
If you need a test environment to experiment with your app, create a developer account to access free sandboxes. This will allow you to test your integration and features without any hassle.
So gear up, unleash your coding skills, and let’s celebrate the spirit of the games right in Slack!
Behind the Scenes: Revamping Slack’s Architecture with Unified Grid
Take a behind-the-scenes look at how Slack's engineering team re-engineered its core architecture to introduce Unified Grid—a transformative change that provides a single, unified view for users across multiple workspaces. This in-depth article explores how this shift enhances user experience, reduces bugs, and boosts performance by enabling data loading from multiple workspaces in a single API request. Discover the journey from the original workspace-centric design to this new approach, driven by evolving user needs since the introduction of Enterprise Grid in 2017. If you're building applications for Enterprise Grid, be sure to check out our docs on Grid development.
Detecting and Protecting Against Stolen Cookies in Slack
Slack uses cookies to track session states, a common practice for managing user sessions. Recognizing the risks associated with stolen cookies, Slack has developed advanced detection systems to identify when cookies have been compromised and alert workspace administrators. This enhances existing security measures like session duration settings, providing an additional layer of protection to secure sensitive data and maintain user trust.
Supercharge User Support with an Embedded Slack Chat Box
Gabriel L. Manor shows us in a recent article how to elevate user support by embedding a Slack chat box right into your frontend app. This step-by-step guide dives into creative ways to interact with Slack APIs and secure access with FoAz. By the end, you’ll have a slick, functional chat box to streamline communication and keep your users happy. Don’t miss this game-changing tutorial!
LingoNuance for Slack
Ready to master real-life conversations? LingoNuance for Slack, developed by Senior Staff DevRel Engineer Kazuhiro Sera, makes language learning fun and practical. Customize your experience, get tailored questions, and enjoy seamless learning on the go. Plus, it’s totally free! Dive in and start leveling up your language skills today!
We have more in store for you!
- Last month we announced Slack Lists, and you’re already using this feature at its best. Loving this amazing contribution from Mark Jones updating List’s items from a Salesforce task. Watch the demo here
- Dreamforce is around the corner! Secure your tickets to the largest and most trusted AI conference. As a member of the Slack community, you can enjoy an exclusive 35% discount by using the official Slack Community discount code: D24DSLKCM35. Sign up here!
We’re always blown away by what our community creates—and we want to highlight you next! Whether it’s a handy tool, a step-by-step guide, or an insightful article, if you’re proud of it, we want to hear all about it.
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