Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud: Building Business Applications in the Cloud (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)

Salesforce.com'sForce.com platform launched a revolution in enterprise software development, enabling enterprise developers to build and deploy powerful cloud-based enterprise applications far faster than traditional technology stacks ever permitted. Now, building on his first two best-selling editions, Jason Ouelette's Development with the Force.com Platform, Third Edition gives developers all the practical, technical guidance they need to make the most of the newest Force.com releases in their own custom applications.

Ouelette fully reflects all six major releases to Force.com since his Second Edition was released, adding new code and updated best practices for rapidly prototyping, deploy, and market production-quality Force.com applications. Extensive new coverage in this edition includes Batch APEX, REST and JSON support, Chatter, Salesforce Touch, new security options, and much more.

Writing for a growing audience of beginner-to-intermediate-level Force.com developers, Ouelette covers every facet of today's Force.com platform, including user interfaces, database design, analytics, security, app packaging for Force.com's AppExchange, and much more. Throughout, he writes from a coder's point of view, providing code examples at every step, and emphasizing maintainability, flexibility, and co-existence with other enterprise technologies. All of his code samples can be run and adapted using a no-cost Force.com Developer Edition account.

Highlights of this book's uniquely thorough coverage include:

• Understanding how Force.com provides customizable business application infrastructure, and why it is unique
• Mastering the Force.com database and configure its built-in security features
• Utilizing advanced business logic, including Batch Apex, managed sharing, and metadata queries
• Building ntuitive user interfaces with Visualforce, and extending them to public-facing websites and mobile devices
• Choosing and making the most of Force.com's options for seamlessly integrating existing systems
• Creating social applications with Force.com's Chatter collaboration tools