Salesforce: Some Insights

Attended VmForce webinar yesterday (I wrote this article earlier, got time today to publish it). The first things that came to my mind was " Java again? ". I thought that in SFDC we were (if some may still think that we have not) crossing the by-lanes of conventional technologies and were moving forward to next generation platform. Everybody would agree that with PaaS (Platform As A Servive) and DaaS (Development As A Service) Salesforce is moving closer and closer to General Applications development platform. Giving opening to java code would not only bring new workforce and clients for salesforce. This will also help a larger developer community access to salesforce which is what is the key to success for all the development platforms, something what Microsoft did with .Net, Apple did with iPod/ iPhone etc. With Java(in vmforce), SFDC is entering deeper and deeper into enterprise grid applications and with all the benefits of cloud it can certainly break the barrier. ...

Well I suppose, it is the most sellable statement in SFDC's list of features/advantages of using SFDC over .Net and Java. Well, having worked on SFDC I believe that there is more to it. SFDC is one of the most innovative platforms and gives us all (almost) what we need to develop enterprise level business applications. With a lot of out-of-the box functionalities and innovative On-demand platform, it is my platform well I suppose it is the most sellable statement in SFDC's list of features/advantages of using SFDC over .Net and Java. Well, having worked on SFDC I believe that there is more to it. SFDC is one of the most innovative platforms and gives us all (almost) what we need to develop enterprise level business applications. With a lot of out-of-the box functionalities and innovative On-demand platform, it is my platform of choice for developing business applications. But, as I mentioned that there are hidden elements in SFDC development. SFDC Configuration :- With Ob...