Connect:
force.com DEVELOPER NEWS
Custom UI with Visualforce
Visualforce allows you to seamlessly extend the Force.com platform and build attractive, dynamic, and reusable user interfaces. Join us for the Intro to Visualforce webinar today. Then dive deeper into this component-based framework by checking out the Advanced Visualforce webinar on December 5.

Learn More >
Integration
Are you interested in integrating with the Salesforce Platform? Then hop on over to the revamped Integration section on Developer Force. There you’ll find and learn all about Security, User Interface, Business Logic, and Data integration.
Developer User Groups
October was a busy month for our Developer User Groups. We have 55 groups meeting all over the globe and new ones are forming every day! Connect with a group near you and attend a meeting. No group in your area? We’ll help you get one started!
Resources
Access reference documentation, core articles, and
tools in our Technical Library.
Code & Best Practices
Tweets from Followers
Alex Berg @alex_berg: Studying #DF12 #devzone session: "Deploying Spring app on Heroku". Was dreading Java app setup - just took ~5min using Heroku template!
Ray Gutierrez @raygonline: @forcedotcom reading 'Adv. Apex Programming' by Dan Appleman. Apex is really a 'native' language for the Cloud. I'm liking it!
Keir Bowden @bob_buzzard: Forgot my office keys this morning so created my first @forcedotcom canvas app via my ipad in the car park. Worked fine.
Follow @forcedotcom for more
Hot Discussions
Visit the Force.com discussion boards for more information, tips, and solutions on a variety of topics.
Installing the Mobile SDK for Android
- solved by Regular Contributor Kevin Hawkins
Using Map
- solved by Visitor Andrew Wilkinson
How to Deserialize a JSON file
- solved by Regular Contributor mariagus
From the Blog
Technical hints, insights, news, and more.
Optimized Heroku-Force.com Integration Using Redis and Apex REST (By Sandeep Bhanot)
Explore the design and code for Social Web-to-Lead, a Node.js application running on Heroku that allows Facebook users to save their contact information in Salesforce via a ‘Contact Me’ link.
Apex UI Buttons (By Josh Kaplan)
You can execute Apex code from a detail page button in Salesforce, using very basic Visualforce.
Using SmartStore with Native iOS (By Josh Birk)
Our Mobile SDK features a great bit of technology called SmartStore, which allows for secure offline storage of data.
Community Profile Highlight
In two short years, David Liu transformed from a would-be marketer to a cutting edge developer, coming up to speed on Force.com to become the Salesforce Architect at Box. In addition to this transformation as an app builder, David spends his spare time beating up other participants at Salesforce hack events, being the first to take home a Nexus 7 at Dreamforce Mini Hacks this year!
Nov. 2012 Issue
Calendar of Events
Webinar: Intro to
     Visualforce
Brazil Developer Week
Developer User Group:
     Austin Meeting
Developer User Group:
     RTP Meeting
Webinar: Advanced
     Visualforce
Cloudforce:
     Japan #devzone
AppExchange
Selectica Guided Selling simplifies the configuration of even the most complex offerings.
Job Skills
Do you have experience creating custom objects and workflows, and developing with Visualforce and Apex? Twitter is hiring
Hot Last Month
At Dreamforce we gave away over 10,000 copies of our newest book, The Salesforce Touch Platform, Mobile Development Guide. A full list of all the new and updated content including workbooks and cheat sheets can be found here.
450,000 Developers   |   97,700 Customers   |   1 billion+ lines of Force.com code
1000+ cloud computing apps   |   20,000 custom apps
Force.com Platform   |   Developer Community   |   Company   |   Services

Manage my preferences |   Privacy Statement

© Copyright 2012 salesforce.com - All rights reserved.
Salesforce and the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc., and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Salesforce.com, Inc. The Landmark @ One Market, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
General Enquiries: 415-901-7000  |  Fax: 415-901-7040  |  Sales: 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE