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Learning Force.com Application Development

By : Chamil Madusanka
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Learning Force.com Application Development

By: Chamil Madusanka

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Learning Force.com Application Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Sandboxes


One of the main Force.com application development methods with an isolated environment is Sandboxes. On the Force.com platform, a sandbox is a copy of a particular precaution organization, which is used for development, testing, and training purposes. Since sandboxes are totally isolated from a particular production organization, you can perform the tasks without disruption to the production and vice versa. Overall, there are four types of sandboxes available in the production organization, which are as follows:

  • Developer Sandbox: This is used by individual developers to develop and test an application on Force.com. A Developer sandbox can be shared by multiple developers, but its not recommended. Because you cannot gain the actual purpose by sharing the same sandbox among multiple developers. The primary use of a Developer sandbox is that it is used to perform developmental-related changes and are kept until those changes are ready to be shared with other developers. Developer...