Difference between revisions of "Development Experience"

Revision as of 00:22, 13 July 2011

Many features of the platform combine to contribute to the quality of the developer's experience. The foundational elements are:

But many other features contribute to the experience, as well.

Installing the Eclipse Plug-In makes it easier to edit JSP pages and Java classes.

You can take advantage of multiple APIs:

To make your pages stand out, you can:

Upload images, CSS files and JavaScript files as Static Resources, and access them in your pages.
Create Custom Components
Use any component in the jQuery library.

The Unit Test Framework makes it possible to run tests on one class at a time, or on all classes defined in your tenancy.

A wide variety of other features makes it easier to develop and customize applications:

Composite Objects to modify a set of related objects in a single transaction
Data Policies to automatically carry out pre-defined actions for selected events
Forms, both default and custom, you can use to see and enter record data
Packages to deploy applications
Picklists, Global Picklists, and Lookup relationships
Reports to create summaries
Search to find things
Sites to harness the power of the platform in outward-facing pages
Views to see lists of records
Web Forms to interact with the platform from other sites
Workflows to help model business processes

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 :* [[Composite Object]]s to modify a set of related objects in a single transaction
 :* [[Data Policies]] to automatically carry out pre-defined actions for selected events
-:* [[Form Layouts]], both default and custom, you can use to see and enter record data
+:* [[Forms]], both default and custom, you can use to see and enter record data
 :* [[Packages]] to deploy applications
 :* [[Picklist]]s, [[Global Picklists]], and [[Lookup]] relationships