We have already introduced our leave management application, which we will continue looking at in future chapters. In the previous chapter, we introduced the objects as one of the building blocks of the Force.com platform. An object is a container used to store particular object data in the Force.com platform. By creating an object, we can create user interfaces to add/edit/view the records of a particular object. With the creation of an object, the Force.com platform provides us the related user interfaces to add, edit, and view records of the particular object.
Tip
Time saving feature
Create an object and gain a bunch of UI (standard pages) for various tasks such as add, edit, view, list view, and lookup view.
The objects of Salesforce.com have the following features:
Configurable
Relational
Reportable
Searchable
Securable
There are two types of objects on the Force.com platform:
Standard Objects
Custom objects