Vonage Developer Newsletter - December 2023
Tags: api, vonage, tutorial, news
Published: 2024-01-11 13:01:30

Hi!

Welcome to our December Newsletter! This month marks an exciting period with the launch of our newest product: Conversations for Salesforce. Enjoy the latest updates and tutorials on all things Vonage Communications APIs. Get ready for an exciting 2024 with events kicking off in January. We hope this season brings you joy and success. 

Happy Holidays!

The Vonage Developer Relations Team 💜

 
**ANNOUNCEMENTS**


**[Conversations for Salesforce - General Availability Announcement](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/conversations-for-salesforce-general-availability-announcement)**

Conversations for Salesforce (CSF) is now Generally Available on Salesforce AppExchange. Learn more from DK Sah, a senior product manager, who explains how CSF transforms customer interactions by enabling seamless SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, and two-way conversations directly within Sales & Service Cloud. 

**TUTORIALS**

**[The Monad Invasion - Part 1: What's a Monad?](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/he-monad-invasion-part-1-whats-a-monad)**

Are you exploring the complex world of Monads? Developers, fear not: Guillaume Faas demystifies this complex concept. Explore some real-life Vonage .NET SDK examples that demonstrate Category Theory. 

**[Integrate Vonage With Grafana to Receive Notifications by SMS](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/integrate-vonage-with-grafana-to-receive-notifications-by-sms)**

Unlock the power of Grafana with Vonage SMS notifications. Hear from Jekayinoluwa Olabemiwo, who shows how to seamlessly integrate Vonage Messages API into your Grafana set-up using Python. This is a great read for DevOps, SREs, and admins relying on Grafana for real-time system insights. 

**[Build Messaging Applications Faster](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/build-messaging-applications-faster)**

Have you heard of Vonage Cloud Runtime (VCR)? VCR is our cloud-native, serverless development platform to speed up your development. Read more from Michael Crump about how VCR’s pre-built solutions in Code Hub can get you up-and-running quickly. 

**[How to Send Google Calendar SMS Reminders with Zapier](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/how-to-send-sms-reminders-of-google-calendar-events-with-zapier-dr)**

Struggling to keep up with Google Calendar events? Missing reminders? No worries! Benjamin Aronov shows you how to set up SMS notifications for your calendar using Vonage and Zapier — without a single line of code. 

**[Enhance Video Conferencing with ChatGPT: Meet Your Live AI Assistant](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/enhance-video-conferencing-with-chatgpt-meet-your-live-ai-assistant)**

Want to build your own GenAI assistant who can answer questions, transcribe notes, and summarize video meetings all in real-time? Get the scoop from Hamza Nasir. 

[See More](https://developer.vonage.com/en/blog/tutorials)

 
**EVENTS**

**[iOSCong SG](https://www.iosconf.sg/)** (Singapore, January 18-19)

iOS Conf SG is the largest gathering of iOS and Apple developers in South East Asia. Vonage developer advocate Abdul Ajetunmobi will present a talk on “Touch - An Introduction to Interactive Widgets”. We hope to see you there!


[See More](https://developer.vonage.com/en/community)