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This page lists all the content featured on the Developer Force home page over the past few years. You can use the category picklist to filter for content in particular groups - for example, content about integration. You can also filter by type (whether it's an article or a tech talk) and year.

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  • May 2013

    • Connecting Force.com to On-Premises Resources Part 2

      Description :  Presents a solution for integrating Force.com with on-premises assets. Part 2 shows how to call SOAP- and REST-based relay endpoints, then presents an example that sends Force.com outbound messages to the Service Bus Relay service.
      Categories :  Integration

    • Webinar: Summer '13 Developer Preview

      Description :  Discover new and updated Salesforce Platform features coming in the Summer '13 Release .
      Categories :  App Logic

    • Connecting Force.com to On-Premises Resources Part 1

      Description :  Presents a solution for integrating Force.com with on-premises assets in both request-reply and asynchronous fashion.
      Categories :  Integration

    • Distributed Application Partitioning with Force.com Canvas and Heroku

      Description :  An important best practice for Salesforce organizations that contain a lot of data is to keep the operational data set in your org as lean as possible by archiving "historical" data elsewhere. This allows operations to execute more efficiently.
      Categories :  Database

    • Apex Design Patterns

      Description :  What are the common design patterns and best practices for Apex development, and how can you leverage them? Learn these common design patterns to optimize your code and ensure reusability, maintainability and performance.
      Categories :  Architecture, App Logic

    • Consuming Force.com SOAP and REST Web Services from .NET Applications

      Description :  Developers have many reasons to integrate their .NET applications with Force.com data and business logic. This article walks through the techniques and best practices for consuming Force.com SOAP and REST services in .NET 4.5 applications.
      Categories :  Integration

  • April 2013

    • Cross-Platform Mobile Development with Backbone

      Description :  This article explores web and hybrid mobile development where Javascript handles application logic and data binding, then shows how to build a mobile application that pulls down your Chatter feed from Salesforce.com using Backbone.js and other JavaScript libraries.
      Categories :  Mobile

    • Webinar: Inside the Force.com Query Optimizer

      Description :  Learn how the Force.com query optimizer determines the best SQL to generate from your SOQL.
      Categories :  Database

    • Apex Enterprise Patterns - Domain Layer

      Description :  This third article in the series describes the Domain Layer, that portion of the application that addresses the specific field or discipline, and presents Martin Fowler's Domain Model pattern, suggesting that code be structured using OOP techniques.
      Categories :  Architecture

    • Webinar: Agile Development with Heroku

      Description :  Learn about best practices for building and scaling your own apps on Heroku's polyglot platform with a live Ruby on Rails app building demo from thoughtbot.
      Categories :  Heroku

    • Salesforce Platform Mobile Services

      Description :  Rapidly build enterprise mobile apps connected to your customers' data with Salesforce Platform Mobile Services. Leverage the tools, frameworks and APIs you need to build apps for any device. Combine HTML5, native or hybrid apps with rich device features and your enterprise data to create engaging mobile apps.
      Categories :  Mobile

    • Developing Offline Apps with Salesforce Mobile Services

      Description :  SmartStore is a plugin that allows you to store enterprise data online and offline on mobile devices. SmartStore securely stores data in JSON format on mobile devices, based on SQLCipher an open source SQLLite extension. Perform local data operations for offline access, and instantly sync with the cloud when online.
      Categories :  Mobile

    • Extending the Force.com Warehouse App to Mobile

      Description :  This article extends the Warehouse application from the Force.com Workbook tutorial to mobile. The example leverages the Merchandise data object to support building a simple mobile app that will display a list of Merchandise records, and allow basic CRUD operations.
      Categories :  Mobile

    • Webinar: Advanced Testing & Debugging Using the Developer Console

      Description :  The Developer Console is your one-stop shop for developing on the Force.com platform. This application allows you to author and debug Apex code, create Visualforce pages, run tests on your programmatic artifacts, and to inspect your org data via query.
      Categories :  Tools

    • Apex Enterprise Patterns - Service Layer

      Description :  This next article in the series focuses on arguably the most important layer of them all, the Service layer. This is because, it is the entry point to the most important development investment and asset of all. Your applications business logic layer, it’s very heart!
      Categories :  Architecture, Integration

  • March 2013

  • February 2013

    • Force.com Multitenant Architecture

      Description :  This article explains the technology that makes the Force.com platform fast, scalable, and secure for any type of application.
      Categories :  Database