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Salesforce AppExchange Success Blueprint

By : Jakub Stefaniak
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Salesforce AppExchange Success Blueprint

By: Jakub Stefaniak

Overview of this book

Are you ready to turn your million-dollar ideas into reality? Salesforce AppExchange Success Blueprint is your ultimate guide to becoming a successful ISV partner and publishing your Salesforce applications on the AppExchange. This book covers every facet of the application development process, from the initial partnership establishment to smoothly preparing for security review and managing app releases. Packed with real-world examples, case studies, and detailed guides, it’ll help you master AppExchange development. Throughout this experience, you’ll discover how to create customer-centric applications that seamlessly integrate with external systems, ensuring a frictionless user experience. You’ll also navigate the intricate process of preparing for security reviews and managing app releases. In addition, you’ll delve into the critical realm of business strategy, addressing essential elements such as maximizing profitability, achieving operational excellence, leveraging analytics to make data-driven decisions, and effectively handling technical debt to maintain your app's robustness and scalability. By the end of this journey, you’ll possess a deep understanding of AppExchange development from both technical and business standpoints, making you well-prepared to excel in the Salesforce ecosystem. Let's embark on this exciting path together!
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1:Setting the Stage
5
Part 2:Building Blocks
9
Part 3:Delivering Value
13
Part 4:Scaling for Success

Onboarding new customers with Professional Editions

The Salesforce CRM offers a few different editions: Professional Edition (PE), Enterprise Edition (EE), and Unlimited Edition (UE). While the latter two editions are equipped with robust functionalities, the focus of this section is on PE, which is often used by smaller businesses. It’s important to note that the functionalities and features discussed prior in this context apply by default to EE and UE.

Understanding the differences between these editions is crucial when selling your app to existing Salesforce customers, as it influences the design and functionality of your app. Salesforce editions can be grouped into two clusters for ease of understanding: PE and EE/UE. The editions within each cluster share similar functionalities.

For those using scratch orgs for development, the “edition” attribute in the scratch org definition file is your tool to determine the Salesforce edition of that scratch org...