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Learning Force.com Application Development

Learning Force.com Application Development

By : Madusanka
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Learning Force.com Application Development

Learning Force.com Application Development

4.3 (4)
By: Madusanka

Overview of this book

If you are a developer who wants to learn how to develop and deploy applications from the Salesforce.com platform, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of Salesforce is necessary.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Getting Started with Force.com
1. Getting Started with Force.com
Introduction to the Force.com platform
Designing and developing applications on the Force.com platform
Identifying building blocks of the Force.com platform
The sample application
Summary
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2. Building the Data Model
2. Building the Data Model
Creating objects
Creating custom fields
Summary
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3. Building the User Interface
3. Building the User Interface
Creating a Force.com custom application
Creating custom tabs
Customizing page layouts
An overview of Visualforce
Summary
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4. Designing Apps for Multiple Users and Protecting Data
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4. Designing Apps for Multiple Users and Protecting Data
Design considerations
An overview of Force.com licenses
The security framework of the Force.com platform
Summary
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5. Implementing Business Processes
5. Implementing Business Processes
Preserving data quality with validation rules
Automating the business process using workflows
Automating the business process using approval processes
Summary
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6. Data Management on the Force.com Platform
6. Data Management on the Force.com Platform
Data management operations
Force.com record IDs
Data management tools
Summary
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7. Custom Coding with Apex
7. Custom Coding with Apex
Introducing Apex
Working with Apex
Writing Apex code – object-oriented programming in Apex
Triggers
Force.com platform query languages
Data manipulation on the Force.com platform
Summary
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8. Building Custom Pages with Visualforce
8. Building Custom Pages with Visualforce
Introducing Visualforce
The concepts of Visualforce
The order of execution of a Visualforce page
Visualforce custom components
Advantages of Visualforce
Summary
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9. Analytics as a Service with the Force.com Platform
9. Analytics as a Service with the Force.com Platform
Reports
Custom report types
Dashboards
Reporting snapshot
Summary
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10. E-mail Services with the Force.com Platform
10. E-mail Services with the Force.com Platform
Handling inbound e-mails
Sending e-mails
Visualforce e-mail templates
Summary
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11. Building Public Websites with Force.com Sites
11. Building Public Websites with Force.com Sites
Force.com sites
Creating and customizing your first Force.com site
Best practices on Force.com sites
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12. Deploying the Force.com Application
12. Deploying the Force.com Application
Application development methodology and architecture
Migrating configuration changes
Sandboxes
Packages
Simple deployment with the Force.com IDE
Distributing Force.com applications onto AppExchange
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A. Force.com Tools
A. Force.com Tools
Development tools
Data tools
Cloud integration tools
Language integration libraries
Salesforce platform mobile services
Summary
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Index
Index

An overview of Force.com licenses

The Force.com licenses play an important role in the security aspects of the Force.com platform. You can see all these licenses and the statistics about the usage of licenses by navigating to Setup | Administer | Company Profile | Company Information.

There are two types of licenses in the Force.com platform. They are as follows:

  • User Licenses: Each user must have a user license that defines the access to applications and functionalities. Different types of user licenses allow different levels of access and define which profiles and permission sets are available to the user. There can be more than one type of user license in your organization. There are many types of user licenses. Mainly, we consider the following user licenses:
    • Salesforce: This license gives you full access to the Salesforce organization. Currently, if you have not created any users, you are logged into Salesforce through this license.
    • Salesforce Platform: This type of license permits only...

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