March 2013 Developer Force Newsletter

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Design Great Force.com Apps
targetYou can design great Force.com apps when you have a deep understanding of platform internals, essential design patterns, and best practices. The Architect Core Resources page is your one-stop shop for content and events that you need to take your platform knowledge to the next level and become a successful platform architect. Plus, don't miss the next architect-focused webinar on April 24, Inside the Force.com Query Optimizer.
Force.com Fridays
Force.com FridaysHave you joined a #forcefriday? Force.com Fridays is a new weekly webinar series for those new to the platform. In just 30 minutes you'll get a quick start on app development. Beginning in April 2013 Force.com Fridays expands with sessions covering Apex, and new time slots for those in Europe and India. Watch this space for registration details.
Resources
Access reference documentation, core articles, and tools in our Technical Library.
Generating and Loading Representative Test Data for Salesforce and Force.com Org.
Force.com Multitenant Architecture.
Developing Mobile Applications with Force.com and Sencha Touch Part 3
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Recordings
Webinar: Intro to the AT&T Toolkit for Salesforce Platform
Webinar: Extreme Salesforce Data Volumes
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Code & Best Practices
node.js salesforce REST API wrapper
databasedotcom-rails
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From the Blog
Technical hints, insights, news, and more.
forcefactory: Generate Representative Mock Test Data for Force.com
(by Steve Bobrowski)
Preview a sample app and related techniques that you can use to quickly create all the test data you need for a Force.com application or Salesforce implementation.
Speech recognition using Visualforce and the AT&T toolkit
(by Sandeep Bhanot)
Learn how to add speech recognition to a mobile application using Visualforce, the Salesforce Mobile SDK and the AT&T Toolkit for Salesforce Platform.
Controlling Physical Devices via Approval Processes in Force.com
(by Pat Patterson)
Learn how our developer evangelists connected Raspberry Pi to the Force.com platform the using Apex REST API to control physical devices in your home or office.
Setting Up Jenkins for Force.com Continuous Integration
(by Josh Birk)
How do you maintain a development cycle within a team across multiple instances and what tools do you use? Josh looks at continuous integration in general and Jenkins in particular.
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Tweets from Followers
Technical hints, insights, news, and more.
@tpolitowski @tpolitowski: #ELEVATELA - Hey this class has been awesome - you got to go to one if it comes to you. Accelerate your SFDC knowledge...
ITGeek is @bentrem @ITGeek: Just what I wanted to hear from the @Salesforce "canvas" #ForceWebinar: "You code it; we show it." FTW!
Kashif (Kashi) Ahmed @KashifAhmed #salesforce introduces -U can now show any app within SFDC interface using Canvas #forcewebinar #forcedotcom #great
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Hot Discussions
Visit the Force.com discussion boards for more information, tips, and solutions on a variety of topics.
Trigger on Task Before Delete Error
- solved by Super Contributor, Moderator bob_buzzard
Insert Records While page is Loaded
- solved by Regular Contributor Shiv Shankar
sfdcfox Twitter Integration
- solved by Visitor Vishal.Gupta
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Community Profile Highlight
Dan Appleman is a tour de force in the Force.com community. He is the author of the recent book Advanced Apex Programming for Salesforce.com and Force.com, as well as maintaining an online presence filled with technical advice, solutions and great links to all sort of developer resources. Additionally, he is publishes great content in conjunction with Pluralsight for Force.com developers.
Mar 2013 Issue
Calendar
Webinar: Testing & Debugging with the Developer Console
April 3
CodeTalk: Mobile
April 11
Webinar: Agile Development with Heroku
April 17
Webinar: Inside the Force.com Query Optimizer
April 24
Salesforce Platform ELEVATE Workshop
Tel Aviv, 4/17
Salesforce Developer User Groups
Charlotte, 4/2
Chicago, 4/4
Navi Mumbai, 4/7
Kerala, 4/11
Portland, 4/16
Denver, 4/17
Pittsburgh, 4/18
RTP, 4/22
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