The Force.com Fundamentals — An Introduction to Custom Application Development in the Cloud

This book is a great way to get started building on-demand applications! It provides practical, step-by-step coverage of the Force.com platform and how you can use it to build your own on-demand solutions quickly and easily. Revised and expanded, this 250-page second edition PDF is fully up-to-date, and includes new sections on reporting and dashboards, approvals, time-based workflow, custom object queues, validation rules, default field values, search layouts, and more!

• Provides an introduction to cloud computing and the Force.com platform
• Focuses on the native capabilities of the Force.com platform
• Can be easily understood by anyone from a business user to a professional developer

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