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Extreme Salesforce Data: Distributed Application Partitioning with Force.com Canvas and Heroku

Extreme Salesforce Data

Want to scale your Salesforce data set to new heights? Then check out this hands-on tutorial that shows you how to implement an external application to store historical records. You also learn how to integrate its UI and user authentication into Salesforce so that your users can analyze historical data right alongside operational data. This practical step-by-step guide uses a combination of Salesforce Platform technology, including Force.com, Heroku, and Force.com Canvas.

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Build Mobile Web Apps with Backbone.js and the Salesforce Platform

The new set of Mobile Packs for the Salesforce Platform provides sample apps for a range of frameworks. In this blog entry, I’ll explain some of the motivation for using a client-side JavaScript framework, focusing on the Mobile Pack for Backbone.js in particular.

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Build Mobile Web Apps with AngularJS and the Salesforce Platform

Salesforce Platform Mobile services make it easier and faster for you to create mobile apps on the Salesforce platform. I had the distinct pleasure of helping with the Angular JS Mobile Pack, and today I’m going to walk you through how that sample app works. If you haven’t touched Javascript in a while, you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to use this framework once you get the hang of it. And, it’s a great introduction to Twitter’s Bootstrap at the same time.

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Waza – Heroku’s developer conference in SF 2/28

Heroku’s developer conference, Waza 2013, is less than a month away. If you are in San Francisco on Thursday, 2/28 – then this is where you will want to be.

Heroku’s Waza (技), the Japanese word for art and technique, is an immersive one-day developer experience focused on craft. The event features both technical & non-technical sessions in an environment designed for collaboration and inspiration (plus very cool added happenings in music, art, and technology.)

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Real-time push notifications from Force.com to Heroku using WebSockets

Third and final installment in a series that explores the design and code for Social Web-to-Lead, a Node.js application running on Heroku that allows Facebook users to save their contact information in Salesforce via a ‘Contact Me’ link. This post reviews how the application implemented real-time push notifications from Force.com to the Heroku application using WebSockets.

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Optimized Heroku-Force.com Integration Using Redis and Apex REST

Second part of a series that explores the design and code for Social Web-to-Lead, a Node.js application running on Heroku that allows Facebook users to save their contact information in Salesforce via a ‘Contact Me’ link. This post reviews how the application uses a Redis database and a custom Apex REST service to implement a more efficient design that consumes fewer Force.com API calls.

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Creating a Force.com-Backed Facebook App on Heroku

This post describes the design and architecture of Social Web-to-Lead, a Node.js Facebook application running on Heroku that allows Facebook users to enter their contact information via a ‘Contact Me’ link. That information is then captured as a Lead record in Salesforce.

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Oct 19: Free Code Consultation Sign-ups for Cloudforce NY

Since the Code Consultations at Dreamforce ’12 were jam packed, I have decided to make the Code Consultations part of the Developer Zone at Cloudforce NY on October 19. The consultation will provide you help architecting or coding your application

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Tuesday at the DevZone, Dreamforce 2012

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Today our biggest developer event ever kicks off in full and those who have seen the new DevZone know that it unlike anything Salesforce has ever produced before. Everything has expanded this year: we are occupying more space, we have more sessions, we have more events, we have more material and (of course) we have more developers showing up this year.

What should you know before you roll in this Tuesday?

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Create Force.com Apps Anywhere With Force.com Canvas

Force.com Canvas is a new feature in Winter ’13 which allows you to create Force.com context aware applications on Heroku, or anywhere. In addition, with the Heroku QuickStart templates, you can create an app on Heroku with just a few clicks. Check out the video here.

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