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Research Report Finds Force.com App Dev Almost 5 Times Faster Than Java or .NET
An interesting post on the Force.com blog points to research conducted by Nucleas Research that shows the advantages of developing on the Force.com platform versus more traditional development environments using Java or .Net.
The paper is available here (note you have to fill in some information).
Summer 09 pre-release webinars
visit the Force.com developer network to register for a look at the summer 09 release new features.
Of particular interest is the ability to get a Picklist value without using ISPICKVAL.
If you have picklists with a large number of values that can change over time - you know the annoyance of having to check each value if picked. Then when new values are added or values deleted, your code has to change.
Also support for Eclipse 3.4 is welcome.
Two webinars are available -
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Attend the Force.com platform webinar to learn about a rich set of Force.com features, including:
- Force.com IDE update to support Eclipse 3.4
- Display of actual values in charts
- Use of a picklist value in a formula without ISPICKVAL
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Attend the Salesforce.com Apps webinar to learn about the new Salesforce.com Apps features, including:
- Sales Cloud Enhancements
- Service Cloud Enhancements
- Mobile Enhancements
Cloud Computing Articles and Links
Since Salesforce is the premier PAAS (Platform as a Service) provider, it is of interest to survey the Cloud computing hype and environment -
McKinsey provides an interesting article on what Cloud Computing is and how it compares to in-house datacenters - available as pdf
Googles take is available on their enterprise blog as well as Appirio's take
Visit Cairlinn.com for more Cloud Computing.
Comments and other interesting links/articles welcome.
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