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Get Ready for the Many New Features of Winter '09 |
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 Are you ready for the slew of new features coming down the line in Winter '09? You can start preparing today, testing out the new features and coding with some of the new functionality, preparing for launch. Our Winter '09 page provides an overview of how the release can help you. For example, you'll be able to package Visualforce pages and components, make use of the new list controllers that support pagination, and use Visualforce email templates to produce better looking emails, faster. Advanced SOQL joins are in there too, along with cross-object formula enhancements, workflow recall actions, SAML 2.0 support and dynamic Apex.
You can start building and learning right now: our Winter '09 page lets you sign up for a free pre-release trial, access the release notes, and learn a little more about what's coming. Note that all of these Winter '09 technologies are scheduled to be available in your production environment before the next issue of this newsletter! We're also holding a live webinar on Winter '09 Developer Highlights, so be sure to sign up. Finally, if you want to get up to speed on all of the other new features, meet us at Dreamforce!
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Do not miss the Tour de Force at Dreamforce experience |
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 Tour de Force at Dreamforce, our conference within a conference, is the ultimate Force.com experience. The conference will be bigger than ever, with thousands of developers, admins, IT managers, architects, ISVs and entrepreneurs attending the sessions, and of course mingling and making connections! |
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Force.com State of the Union - Get a complete overview of the latest Force.com technologies and the powerful ecosystem that goes with it |
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Sessions Galore - Attend over 40 sessions on Force.com technologies, complete with hands-on demos and practical guidance |
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Technology Preview - Be the first to get hands-on with the latest Force.com technology and go home with exclusive insider information |
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Immersion Lab - Get answers to your burning questions through tutorials or 1:1 guidance from our lab staff |
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Monday Night Hackathon - Join our collaborative coding marathon event and build apps based on the exclusive cutting-edge technologies announced that Monday |
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The Force.com Zone - Drop in any time to speak with our technical experts, to network with your peers, or simply just to say "hi" to the team behind developer.force.com |
This is an exciting mixture of learning, immersion, coding and mingling--we can't wait for it to start. See you there!
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Developer Certification Exams and Dreamforce Perks |
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Developer Certification is going live on October 20 - are you ready to sit the exam? The two classes, Visualforce, Apex and DaaS and Force.com Essentials will get you up to speed quickly - and you could end up as one of the first certified developers to stroll into Dreamforce, ever!
As an added incentive, our Training and Certification team is offering a number of benefits to certified developers who come to Dreamforce, including VIP seating at select keynotes, gift packs, special recognition and identification during the conference, an invitation to an exclusive happy hour and more. Check out our abundant training available at Dreamforce, and the course options to learn more.
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New Force.com Resources |
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Mashing up Force.com and Zillow
Zillow is an innovative service that provides residential property valuations and other demographics for neighborhoods. Zillow also has a REST-based Web Services API that lets you access the information programatically. This article demonstrates how to build a Force.com mashup using the service. The techniques and code will be valuable to anyone who wants to create their own mashups with other REST-based services.
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PHP Toolkit 13.0
 The PHP toolkit provides an easy way to make Web service API method calls. The PHP Toolkit has been updated to version 13.0 of the Force.com Web Services API. It introduces or improves the following:
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QueryMore (better support for API Relationships) |
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 An Introduction to Apex
This new article provides a technical introduction to the Apex language, covering its syntax and features, and its use on the platform.
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Webinar Archive: Building Smarter Apps Using Formulas and Workflow
Formulas can improve any application, providing sensible default values, calculating derived values and more. Workflow and Approvals can help you build powerful process-centric apps that support your agile business processes. This webinar introduces both of these technologies, providing plenty of example along the way. The webinar ends with a sneak peek of some of the new features coming in the Winter '09 release.
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Additional Resources |
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 Adobe Flex - Free Online Training
Have you used the Force.com Toolkit for Adobe AIR and Flex? It provides a great alternative to building customer user interface components, and an opportunity to build desktop applications that provide offline access to your Force.com data. Adobe are now offering a free, self-paced online video training program. With over 40 videos and exercises, you will quickly learn how to build incredible Flex applications.
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Welcome Our New Force.com Innovators |
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 Discover the latest customers and ISV partners that have developed successful
applications on the world's first platform as a service. You'll learn
how they did it—and how you can become the next success story. Hear how
these partners delivered cost-effective solutions quickly by building
their apps on the Force.com platform.
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Force.com App of the Month: Ascent by Precisio Business Solutions |
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The team at Precisio Business Solutions has created Ascent, the first inventory control application on the Force.com platform. Built using Apex and Visualforce technologies, Ascent can also be integrated with QuickBooks and other financial systems to manage backoffice inventories and order fulfillment. Users can also take advantage of wireless bar code scanners tied to processes automated by their app, all powered by Force.com. |
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