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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Getting Back to Basics - Gathering Requirements

by Quinton Wall on May 26, 2010 at 01:36 PM

Getting back to the basics - try looking at your problem statement, identifying keywords which you can use to derive your data model in Force.com.
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Want to Speak at Dreamforce 2010?

by Dave Carroll on April 30, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Tired of hearing me and Ron Hess tell you about the Force.com platform? Well do something about it! Submit your paper for consideration to the Dreamforce 2010 Call for Papers. We are looking for developers and other Force.com experts who will inspire and educate the rest of the Developer Community. If you have best practices to share, a cool app that you've built, an amazing and useful integration to another cloud or a unique way...
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Hot Code Share Project - Force.com ERD in SchemaSpy

by Dave Carroll on April 21, 2010 at 10:02 AM

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Every now and then a Code Share project catches my eye and I think "man, I wish I would of thought of that!" The recently published Force.com Metadata JDBC Driver is one of those projects. This is great for reference while developing applications as well as documenting your applications. Definitely a 5 out of 5 star project!
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Write Chatter Apps with the Force.com IDE Now

by Quinton Wall on April 1, 2010 at 09:52 AM

Here is a quick video tip for using the current version of the Force.com IDE to develop Chatter Apps, and access some of the new features of the v18 API available in Spring '10
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Understanding the nature of relationships

by Umit Yalcinalp on March 30, 2010 at 02:50 PM

Ah, probably the headline got your attention! However, this is not a blog about psychology or human relationships. They are not that predictable after all. I want to get your attention to "predictable" types of relationships in Force.com, namely the types of queries that you can use and get results by using SOQL using relationships and how to use them effectively. For those of you who are getting familiar with the platform or would like...
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Triggers on User Creation

by Jon Mountjoy on March 9, 2010 at 08:10 AM

You need to use @future when creating a trigger on a User, sometimes.
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Intro to Chatter article now available

by Quinton Wall on March 3, 2010 at 08:56 AM

My Introduction to Chatter article is now available with lots of information on the Chatter Data Model sample code, and developer tips. Take a read, and come prepared with some questions for the Chatter Developer Preview Webinar on March 15th
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Apex Code Enhancements and Collections best practices

by Quinton Wall on January 29, 2010 at 03:45 PM

Spring 10 removes the limit on number of items in a collection. In order to take the most efficient advantage of this change, check out some of the new features available in SOQL to supercharge your code.
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Action Chaining in Visualforce

by Dave Carroll on September 10, 2009 at 03:45 PM

Action chaining is a technique to handle the infamous "MIXED_DML_OPERATION, DML operation on setup object is not permitted Error" problem. You may not know it but there are two types of objects that you can interact with on the platform. One is "setup" object and the other is a "non-setup" object. A "setup" object is one that must be edited from the setup or builder area of the platform. These object include the User object,...
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