Chapter 1. Getting Started with Force.com

This chapter will introduce you to the Force.com platform. We will understand the life cycle of an application build using Force.com. We will define a multi-tenant architecture and understand how it will impact the data of organizations stored on the cloud. And finally, we will build our first application on Force.com.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • The multi-tenant architecture of Force.com
  • Understanding the Force.com platform
  • Application development on the Force.com platform
  • Discussing the maintenance and releases schedule by Salesforce.com
  • Types of Force.com applications
  • Discussing when to use point-and-click customization and when to use code
  • Discussing Salesforce.com IDs
  • Developer resources ...

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