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Master Force.com, Today’s Fastest, Most Flexible Cloud Development Platform   With Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform, you can build and deploy powerful cloud-based enterprise applications faster than ever before. Now, Jason Ouellette gives you all the practical, technical guidance you need to make the most of the newest Force.com releases in your own custom cloud applications.   Throughout, he adds new code and updated best practices for rapidly prototyping, building, and testing production-quality Force.com solutions. This edition’s extensive new coverage includes Developer Console, JSON, Streaming and Tooling APIs, Bulk API, Force.com Canvas, REST integration, support for Web MVC frameworks, Dynamic Apex and Visualforce, and an all-new chapter on mobile user interfaces.   Ouellette covers the entire platform: UIs, database design, analytics, security, and many other topics. His code examples emphasize maintainability, flexibility, and seamless integration—and you can run and adapt all of them with a free Force.com Developer Edition account. Coverage includes: Leveraging Force.com’s customizable infrastructure to deliver advanced Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions Understanding Force.com’s unique processes, tools, and architecture Developing a complete application, from requirements and use cases through deployment Using the Force.com database as a framework for highly flexible, maintainable applications Applying Force.com’s baked-in security, including user identity, data ownership, and fine-grained access control Constructing powerful business logic with Apex, SOQL, and SOSL Adopting asynchronous actions, Single Page Applications, and other advanced features in Web user interfaces Building intuitive user interfaces with Visualforce, and extending them to public-facing websites and mobile devices Creating smartphone/tablet-friendly apps with HTML5 and Visualforce Performing massive data-intensive tasks offline with Batch Apex Using Force.com integration options, including REST, SOAP, Canvas, and the Streaming, Bulk, Tooling, and Metadata APIs Developing internal social applications with Force.com’s Chatter collaboration tools If you’re already building Web or mobile applications, take your next giant step into enterprise cloud development—with Development with the Force.com Platform, Third Edition.   All code examples in this book are available on Github at http://goo.gl/fjRqMX, and as a Force.com IDE project on Github at https://github.com/jmouel/dev-with-force-3e.  

Table of Contents:
1  Introducing Force.com    1 Force.com in the Cloud Computing Landscape    1 Platform as a Service (PaaS)    2 Force.com as a Platform    4 Force.com Services    7 Inside a Force.com Project    9 Project Selection    9 Team Selection    11 Lifecycle    12 Tools and Resources    15 Sample Application: Services Manager    17 Background    17 User Roles    18 Development Plan    19 Summary    19 2  Database Essentials    21 Overview of Force.com’s Database    21 Objects    22 Fields    23 Relationships    25 Query Language    26 Data Integration    29 Working with Custom Objects    32 Force.com Developer Edition    32 Tools for Custom Objects    33 Object Creation    35 Field Creation    38 Entering and Browsing Data    41 Additional Database Features    43 Sample Application: Data Model    49 Data Model Design Goals    49 Data Model Specification    50 Implementing the Data Model    58 Importing Data    64 Summary    69 3  Database Security    71 Overview of Database Security    71 Object-Level Security    74 Profiles    74 Permission Sets    76 Field-Level Security    77 Record-Level Security    79 Record Ownership    79 User Groups    80 Sharing Model    80 Sample Application: Securing Data    84 Designing the Security Model    85 Implementing the Security Model    88 Testing the Security Model    94 Summary    98 4  Business Logic    99 Introduction to Apex    100 Introducing the Force.com IDE    101 Installation    101 Force.com Perspective    101 Force.com Projects    103 Problems View    103 Schema Explorer    103 Apex Test Runner View    103 Execute Anonymous View    104 Apex Language Basics    105 Variables    105 Operators    109 Arrays and Collections    110 Control Logic    113 Object-Oriented Apex    117 Understanding Governor Limits    120 Database Integration in Apex    120 Database Records as Objects    121 Database Queries    122 Persisting Database Records    128 Database Triggers    130 Database Security in Apex    133 Debugging Apex Using Developer Console    133 Checkpoints    133 Execution Logs    134 Unit Tests in Apex    136 Test Methods    136 Test Data    136 Running Tests    137 Sample Application: Validating Timecards    138 Force.com IDE Setup    138 Creating the Trigger    138 Unit Testing    140 Summary    142 5  Advanced Business Logic    143 Aggregate SOQL Queries    144 Aggregate Functions    144 Grouping Records    145 Grouping Records with Subtotals    146 Additional SOQL Features    148 Inner Join and Outer Join    148 Semi-Join and Anti-Join    150 Multi-Select Picklists    154 Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL)    154 SOSL Basics    155 SOSL in Apex    155 Transaction Processing    156 Data Manipulation Language (DML) Database Methods    157 Savepoints    159 Record Locking    161 Apex Managed Sharing    162 Sharing Objects    162 Creating Sharing Rules in Apex    163 Sending and Receiving Email    168 Sending Email    168 Receiving Email    172 Dynamic Apex    174 Dynamic Database Queries    175 Schema Metadata    177 Dynamic Instance Creation    179 Custom Settings in Apex    180 Sample Application: Adding Email Notifications    181 Summary    183 6  User Interfaces    185 Introduction to Visualforce    186 Overview of Visualforce    186 Getting Started with Visualforce    188 Visualforce Controllers    191 Standard Controllers    191 Custom Controllers    193 Controller Extensions    197 View Components    198 View Component Basics    198 Data Components    200 Action Components    203 Primitive Components    204 Force.com-Styled Components    205 Force.com User Interface Components    208 Visualforce and the Native User Interface    209 Standard Pages    210 Standard Buttons    213 Page Layouts    213 Custom Buttons and Links    215 Custom Tabs    215 Visualforce in Production    215 Debugging and Tuning    215 Security    218 Error Handling    220 Governor Limits    221 Unit Tests    222 Sample Application: Skills Matrix    222 Basic Implementation    224 Full Implementation    224 Implementation Walk-Through    225 Summary    232 7  Advanced User Interfaces    233 Asynchronous Actions    233 Partial Page Refresh    234 Action as JavaScript Function    235 Action as Timed Event    237 Action as JavaScript Event    237 Indicating Action Status    238 Modular Visualforce    240 Static Resources    241 Inclusion    242 Composition    242 Custom Visualforce Components    244 Dynamic Visualforce    246 Dynamic Field References    246 Component Generation    248 Single-Page Applications in Force.com    250 JavaScript Remoting    250 Force.com with AngularJS    251 Introduction to Force.com Sites    254 Enabling and Creating a Site    254 Security Configuration    255 Adding Pages to a Site    256 Authenticating Users    257 Sample Application: Enhanced Skills Matrix    258 Summary    262 8  Mobile User Interfaces    263 Overview of Salesforce Mobile Technology    263 Salesforce Applications    264 Custom Applications    265 Getting Started with Mobile Web Applications    267 Frameworks    268 Data Access    269 Deployment    270 Sample Application: Mobile Timecard Entry    272 Summary    279 9  Batch Processing    281 Introduction to Batch Apex    282 Batch Apex Concepts    282 Understanding the Batchable Interface    283 Applications of Batch Apex    284 Getting Started with Batch Apex    285 Developing a Batch Apex Class    285 Working with Batch Apex Jobs    286 Using Stateful Batch Apex    289 Using an Iterable Batch Scope    290 Limits of Batch Apex    292 Testing Batch Apex    293 Scheduling Batch Apex    293 Developing Schedulable Code    293 Scheduling Batch Apex Jobs    294 Sample Application: Missing Timecard Report    296 Creating the Custom Object    297 Developing the Batch Apex Class    298 Testing the Missing Timecard Feature    299 Summary    300 10  Integration with Force.com    301 Apex Callouts    301 Calling RESTful Services from Apex    302 Calling SOAP Services from Apex    304 Calling into Force.com Using REST    306 Getting Started with Force.com REST API    306 Force.com REST API Walk-Through    308 Creating Custom Apex REST Web Services    312 Calling into Force.com Using SOAP    314 Understanding Force.com SOAP API    314 Using the Enterprise API    322 Creating Custom Apex SOAP Web Services    326 Sample Application: Anonymous Benchmarking    329 Visualforce Page Design    330 Visualforce Controller Design    331 Integrating the SOAP Web Service    333 Sample Implementation    335 Summary    338 11  Advanced Integration    339 Introduction to the Force.com Streaming API    340 Overview    340 Getting Started with Force.com Streaming API    341 Working with the Force.com Bulk API    344 Overview    345 Importing Records    346 Exporting Records    347 Getting Started with Force.com Canvas    349 Overview    349 Getting Started with Force.com Canvas    350 Introduction to the Force.com Tooling API    354 Overview    355 Getting Started with Force.com Tooling API    355 Understanding the Force.com Metadata API    360 Overview    360 Getting Started with the Metadata API    361 Sample Application: Database Integration    363 Integration Scenario    363 Implementation Strategy    363 Sample Implementation    364 Summary    366 12  Social Applications    369 Overview of the Chatter Data Model    370 Chatter Posts    370 Chatter Comments    374 Feed-Tracked Changes    376 Followed Records    376 Using Chatter in Apex    378 Introduction to the Chatter REST API    379 Working with Chatter Visualforce Components    380 Sample Application: Follow Project Team    382 Summary    386 Index    387    


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133511628
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Building Business Applications in the Cloud
  • ISBN-10: 0133511626
  • Publisher Date: 12 Nov 2013
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 449
  • Weight: 1 gr


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