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Learning Force.com Application Development

Learning Force.com Application Development

By : Madusanka
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Learning Force.com Application Development

Learning Force.com Application Development

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By: Madusanka
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Overview of this book

If you are a developer who wants to learn how to develop and deploy applications from the Salesforce.com platform, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of Salesforce is necessary.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Getting Started with Force.com
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1. Getting Started with Force.com
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Introduction to the Force.com platform
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Designing and developing applications on the Force.com platform
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Identifying building blocks of the Force.com platform
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The sample application
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Summary
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2. Building the Data Model
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2. Building the Data Model
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Creating objects
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Creating custom fields
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Summary
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3. Building the User Interface
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3. Building the User Interface
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Creating a Force.com custom application
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Creating custom tabs
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Customizing page layouts
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An overview of Visualforce
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Summary
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4. Designing Apps for Multiple Users and Protecting Data
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4. Designing Apps for Multiple Users and Protecting Data
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Design considerations
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An overview of Force.com licenses
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The security framework of the Force.com platform
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Summary
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5. Implementing Business Processes
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5. Implementing Business Processes
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Preserving data quality with validation rules
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Automating the business process using workflows
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Automating the business process using approval processes
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Summary
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6. Data Management on the Force.com Platform
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6. Data Management on the Force.com Platform
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Data management operations
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Force.com record IDs
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Data management tools
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Summary
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7. Custom Coding with Apex
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7. Custom Coding with Apex
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Introducing Apex
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Working with Apex
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Writing Apex code – object-oriented programming in Apex
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Triggers
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Force.com platform query languages
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Data manipulation on the Force.com platform
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Summary
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8. Building Custom Pages with Visualforce
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8. Building Custom Pages with Visualforce
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Introducing Visualforce
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The concepts of Visualforce
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The order of execution of a Visualforce page
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Visualforce custom components
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Advantages of Visualforce
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Summary
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9. Analytics as a Service with the Force.com Platform
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9. Analytics as a Service with the Force.com Platform
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Reports
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Custom report types
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Dashboards
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Reporting snapshot
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Summary
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10. E-mail Services with the Force.com Platform
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10. E-mail Services with the Force.com Platform
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Handling inbound e-mails
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Sending e-mails
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Visualforce e-mail templates
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Summary
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11. Building Public Websites with Force.com Sites
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11. Building Public Websites with Force.com Sites
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Force.com sites
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Creating and customizing your first Force.com site
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Best practices on Force.com sites
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Summary
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12. Deploying the Force.com Application
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12. Deploying the Force.com Application
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Application development methodology and architecture
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Migrating configuration changes
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Sandboxes
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Packages
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Simple deployment with the Force.com IDE
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Distributing Force.com applications onto AppExchange
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A. Force.com Tools
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A. Force.com Tools
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Development tools
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Data tools
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Cloud integration tools
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Language integration libraries
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Salesforce platform mobile services
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Data manipulation on the Force.com platform

DML statements allow users to retrieve, insert, delete, and update sObject data in the Force.com database. Apex has a set of DML commands, as follows, which can take a single sObject or a list of sObjects:

  • insert: This command is used to add records to the particular Force.com database object. The ID is automatically generated for a record while executing this command.

  • update: This command is used to update fields of an existing record in the Force.com database object. The update is based on the ID of the particular record.

  • upsert; Based on the ID field, this command can either insert or update the particular records. If the record has a value for the ID field, then the record will be updated, and if the record doesn't have a value for the ID field, the record will be inserted.

  • delete: This command is used to delete records from the Force.com database based on the ID of the record. If any record is adhered to cascade deleting (such as a master-detail...

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