It’s always hot in the summertime, and Ryan and I tried to heat it up a notch by spreading the word on all the new things coming out in the Summer ’13 release. If you missed it but you want to see the full show, you can find the recording on youtube. We covered a lot out of the release notes in a little less than an hour, but I’ll give you the cliff’s notes version here. Continue reading
One of the cool features we went over in the Spring ’13 Developer Preview webinar was Connect in Apex. Connect in Apex, also known as the Connect API, exposes Chatter API resources as objects in Apex to build native custom Chatter integrations on Force.com. Connect in Apex extends current functionality of accessing Chatter data using Apex, and exposes Chatter data in a simpler way. Check out this post to see how to get started building your own customizable feed. Continue reading
Looking to use the new Visualforce Charting types now that its generally available? This article contains code walkthroughs, pictures, and links to other full examples on developerforce and GitHub. Check out these examples of all of the new chart types as well as a JavaScript remoting example for advanced rendering capabilities! Continue reading
Winter ’13 will bring several great new features for developers to play with. In addition, at Dreamforce there were a couple new features on the roadmap that extended the new releases for winter. Be sure to check out the release notes to read about all of the cool new features coming soon and the Dreamforce session recordings as they become available! Continue reading
The Force.com admin setup menu can be overwhelming at first; however, just like a new city seems smaller as you learn your way around, so does the admin setup. This article outlines the setup briefly and contains a short video that gives a brief overview of: how to navigate the setup tree, how to get the most use out of the Force.com setup homepage, and where to find key elements for app development. Continue reading
We will be hosting a Learn to Build Apps CodeTalk that will focus purely on community questions based around our point-and-click app building tools. If you have any questions around the platform (for example workflows, formulas, validation, perm sets, schema builder, etc) join us and ask them. I will be hosting an on air session alongside Sandeep Bhanot (@cloudysan) and Michelle Jowitt (@mjowitt) to give you answers! Continue reading
Join the meetup on August 2nd, starting at 6:30pm to learn how easy it is to build apps on Force.com. Come enjoy some informational talks, get some hands on experience, and network over food & beverages. It doesn’t matter what your educational or professional background is—everyone is welcome to this beginner session on Force.com codeless cloud application development! Continue reading
The new era of software developers is here, and the prerequisites to get started are simply recognizing the problems you want to solve and having the desire to solve them. “I don’t know how to program software” is no longer an excuse to write off building cloud applications for your business. You can now point and click your way to effective business solutions. Continue reading
The new version of the Mobile SDK is out, and now it is even easier to quickly create native and hybrid applications with Force.com. In this blog, I outline these additions around data security and offline data synchronization. Continue reading
I need to address the fact that writing the introduction to this blog post has taken me longer than it did to write my first Apex test class. Everything that has come to mind has been centered around memes or ‘Hello World’ analogies, which is sad because that means I am having more issues introducing myself than programming in a new language. My name is Samantha Ready, and I am the newest developer evangelist here at Salesforce.com.
For the past two years I have been working at Salesforce.com as a technical resource for sales engineering. Prior to my career at Salesforce, I… Continue reading
