Mike Robbins

suitescript Apr 11, 2026

Send Sales Order Billing Schedules to Salesforce

We needed to send the billing schedule from sales orders to Salesforce. We just need to send the full list of billing date and invoice amount. But there's a wrinkle.

netsuite Aug 21, 2025

Data Generation for Dev Environments

Managing one or more development environments? How do you keep them relevant over time. If they become stale, it makes working on new projects with current data difficult. Here, I’ll explain a series of steps I’ve taken to maintain my development environment ensuring current sales order, invoice, and customer payment data.

netsuite Jun 09, 2025

Tips when using lookupFields()

Here are a couple of tips when working with `search.lookupFields()` in SuiteScript 2.1.

netsuite May 11, 2025

Scripted vs Saved Searches

**Unpopular Opinion**: I prefer to use scripted searches in my SuiteScript rather than referencing existing, external saved searches. Here’s why.

node Nov 23, 2024

Use 'npkill' to Clean Up Old 'node_modules'

Use this easy utility to quickly identify and remove `node_modules` folders from old or unused projects on your computer.

netsuite Jul 30, 2023

Custom State Labels on Records

Ever wanted to add a custom status to your transactions? Sales Orders might be "Pending Approval", "Pending Billing", or "Billed", but do your business processes also include transaction states like "Validated" or "In Collections". With this SuiteScript module, you can easily display these states using the same look and feel as the native NetSuite transaction states.

netsuite Apr 25, 2019

SuiteScript with a Safety Net

Littering your code with try/catches everywhere can be annoying and ensuring that you have a consistent way check for, handle, and log errors can be difficult. With a simple library, you can ensure consistent error logging throughout your SuiteScript code bae

netsuite May 07, 2018

Using DataGrip with NetSuite

DataGrip is a great application from the team at JetBrains. It allows you to connect to a variety of different databases and data sources including NetSuite when you use the ODBC/JDBC drivers provided by NetSuite.

rules Oct 16, 2016

Rules for a Knight

The following are excerpts from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307962334/" target="_blank">Rules for a Knight</a> by Ethan Hawke.

netsuite Dec 12, 2015

SuiteScript Function Naming

Naming functions well in our code is often challenging. With no modules to speak of in SuiteScript 1.0, these function often exist in the JavaScript global namespace. This is an easy way to namespace your functions to avoid any naming collisions.

suitescript Dec 05, 2015

.map() your NetSuite Search Results

When writing SuiteScript, your code will be easier to read if you can use regular JavaScript objects rather than the script IDs for your custom field names. Using the JavaScript .map() function can help.

training Apr 10, 2014

Pluralsight, Training for Serious Learners

There are few learning platforms that provide quality, on-demand training for such a wide variety of software development and design topics as Pluralsight.

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