Off the see the Wizard, ahhh, the new Report Builder

by Umit Yalcinalp on July 19, 2010 at 06:00 PM

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Couple of weeks ago you may have attended Sati Hilyer and Ian Swinson's talk on User Experience at the 6/22 CloudForce event or heard about it from the blog post. Today's topic is not about User Experience, but how the principles of user experience has led to completely revising an old kid on the block in our product itself, namely the Report Builder. Yes, it is about another concrete example on how the development organization...
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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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New Chatter Workbook and Cheat Sheet

by PK on June 22, 2010 at 09:04 PM

Salesforce Chatter provides a foundation of collaboration features that you can use in your own applications that you build on Force.com. The new Chatter Workbook, just announced here at Cloudforce 2010, shows you how to do this. It's a gentle introduction that walks you through four tutorials: Tutorial 1 provides a general tour of Chatter functionality - familiarizing you with the basic concepts such as status updates, users, following people and following data, and groups....
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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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Cloudforce 2010 Keynote - A Developer Perspective

by James Penfold on June 22, 2010 at 02:40 PM

The keynote has just finished in San Jose at Cloudforce 2010 and there was a great buzz in the room attended by thousands on-site and on-line. Marc Benioff and special guests covered a number of topics and announcements, but what messages should a developer take away from the keynote? Chatter is now available to all customers and you can learn more about Chatter and how to get started here. All applications provided by salesforce.com -...
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Build And Deploy A Free Cloud App: 3 Best Practices Articles Now Available!

by Quinton Wall on June 22, 2010 at 10:21 AM

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3 articles written to support the Cloudforce/Developer Conference track titled "Build And Deploy A Free Cloud App" are now live. Is you mind sharp as a Ginzu? Read the articles and get some mental flint stone!
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Is the Build and Deploy a Free Cloud App track and Cloudforce right for you?

by Quinton Wall on June 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM

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Are you wondering whether the Build and Deploy A Free Cloud App track at next weeks Cloudforce and Developer Conference in San Jose is right for you? Have a look at some of the questions I have received over the past week about who should attend and what you will gain from the sessions.
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Designing a Killer User Experience

by Sati Hillyer on June 17, 2010 at 08:39 AM

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User experience is more than the app, it's everything before, during and after. You want to be sure your app is compelling from the moment a prospect is introduced, to when your customer is using it everyday as part of their business. Are you writing apps? Do you want to know more about user experience? Well I'll be co-presenting with Ian Swinson (our resident User Experience expert) on User Experience Best Practices: How to Build...
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