Back in February, I blogged about how web applications can use OAuth to obtain a token and access the Force.com API on behalf of Portal users; I’ve had a couple of questions on how to build mobile apps that do the same, so here are the details. Continue reading
Check out the Enterprise Mobile Patterns guide for five key design patterns for building mobile apps on the Salesforce Platform. Continue reading
Connected Apps is a new feature in the Summer ’13 release that allows external applications to securely connect to Force.com over Identity and Data APIs. Connected Apps replace Remote Access Apps, offering finer granularity over permissions and data that can be accessed. Read more. Continue reading
Visualforce allows you to upload JavaScript, CSS and image files for your app as “static resources” to extend its capabilities. But since they are static, you need to zip and re-upload them if you modify them. This could be laborious when you are editing 100s of times during development. The workaround is to setup a local web server and simply serve JS/CSS files from it instead of uploading them as static resources until you are done editing. Continue reading
Expand your knowledge of how to build mobile apps by completing this step by step tutorial. It builds on the existing tutorial for the AngularJS, Heroku, and Bootstrap mobile pack by adding an Account list. Continue reading
Starting April 21st, Salesforce Developer User Groups across the globe will begin meeting as part of Mobile Developer Week – a worldwide gathering of developers to meet, learn, and share. Continue reading
With a hybrid application, using JavaScript to build your application doesn’t mean you have to forego accessing important aspects of the native device like the camera. Here’s a quick overview of how a hybrid application uses the Cordova project to bridge between web and native. Continue reading
Learn how to use the new Mobile Pack for jQuery Mobile to build mobile web and hybrid apps for the Salesforce Platform. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
