Got HTML5, touch, geo-aware Force.com apps? I say so!

by Quinton Wall on July 26, 2010 at 06:51 PM

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Trying my hand at some touch, mobile, geo-aware HTML5 apps using Force.com and the Sencha Framework.
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Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com now available!

by Quinton Wall on July 20, 2010 at 08:09 AM

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The Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com is now available. Start developing rich internet applications now.
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Updates to the Facebook Toolkit for Force.com - More Examples!

by Quinton Wall on July 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM

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I have almost completed the updates to the Facebook Toolkit for Force.com and wanted to share what the new JSON-based objects and interaction look like as well as a simple test page/controller. Let me know if anyone wants to help out finishing the wrapper objects!
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Has It Been Three Years Already?

by Peter Coffee on July 12, 2010 at 04:56 PM

So, once again we hear about an on-line marketplace for CRM apps -- in a story that sounds oddly, even eccentrically familiar. Pardon me if I get a little bit astronomical, in my latest post to our Cloud Blog, concerning the implications of the latest three-year-cyclic imitation of the salesforce.com AppExchange.
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Developer Meetup tonight @ Paypal in San Jose, CA

by Quinton Wall on July 12, 2010 at 10:31 AM

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Here is one of my favorite stories from the Tao of Programming to start the week: There once was a man who went to a computer trade show. Each day as he entered, the man told the guard at the door:"I am a great thief, renowned for my feats of shoplifting. Be forewarned, for this trade show shall not escape unplundered."This speech disturbed the guard greatly, because there were millions of dollars of computer equipment...
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Leverage the Cloud, you make it to the sky, and then you can reach the stars!

by Quinton Wall on June 25, 2010 at 09:40 AM

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This week has been full of activities with Cloudforce, Chatter Hackathon winners, and loads more developer content. Working at Salesforce, you quickly realize this is a typical week, and the innovation doesn't stop. Next week we are off to Boston to share more success in the cloud for the latest developer meetup.
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User Management, A Major Consideration for any Cloud App

by Umit Yalcinalp on June 24, 2010 at 11:15 AM

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In the rush to try out and evaluate cloud computing offerings, especially PaaS, have you considered a major aspect of how you will build your app? Your users. Have you considered the following questions before you write your app? What kind of users do I have? What kind of capabilities or restrictions would they have? Where are they located? Which language do they use? Do they have special requirements for seeing the information in a...
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Coverage of CloudForce 2010 Session: Force.com For Java Developers

by Umit Yalcinalp on June 22, 2010 at 08:06 PM

At CloudForce 2010, we had a session on Force.com for Java developers. We talked about scenarios that are supported by Force.com for Java developers and where the platform is heading with VMforce, with specific examples using JPA. Today, Java developers can develop applications on Force.com using Force.com for developing apps that use Force.com as a database primarily; for building tools for Force.com or for integration with Force.com applications. These are all use cases that are...
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Developer Day, Hackathon, and Session Presentations now available

by Quinton Wall on June 22, 2010 at 06:41 PM

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The day is unwinding at this years Developer Conference in San Jose. Time to chill out and bang out some code at the hackathon with the gang, plus download the presentations from the Build and Deploy a Free Cloud App track!
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Coverage of Advanced Force.com Session at Cloudforce 2010

by Umit Yalcinalp on June 22, 2010 at 03:25 PM

Taggart Matthiesen just gave a very interesting talk on Advanced Force.com Development at CloudForce 2010. Taggart illustrated how the platform evolved over the years supporting many new features most came to life thanks to user and developer feedback. It was amazing to see the exponential growth on Visualforce and Apex adoption by the developers. We are talking about a year to year growth here, folks! The platform supports 500 million lines of Apex code and...
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