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
So, let's get started and step into the cloud.