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Salesforce AppExchange Success Blueprint

By : Jakub Stefaniak
Book Image

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

Canvas SDK

Salesforce Canvas SDK is a mature and robust tool designed to integrate external web applications seamlessly with Salesforce. This technology establishes a bridge between Salesforce and other platforms, offering a diverse range of options for effective UI integrations. While canvas apps open a plethora of opportunities, understanding their strengths, limitations, and suitable use cases is key to leveraging their full potential.

Inherent challenges and benefits of Canvas SDK

Canvas SDK, despite being a powerful tool, confronts a significant challenge concerning UI and UX consistency. Since it brings the external system’s user interface into Salesforce, this may not always align with Salesforce’s native UI and UX conventions seamlessly. This difference can deter ISVs aiming for a consistent user interface experience across their applications. As a result, even though Canvas SDK is a mature and capable technology, its adoption rate among ISVs has not been...