Documentation
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Getting Started
- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A series of articles that give an overview of the Force.com platform.
- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A set of ten 30-minute tutorials that introduce various Force.com platform features.
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- (Audience: Administrators) A step-by-step tutorial that shows you how to create your own app using Force.com's point-and-click tools.
- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Visualforce markup language.
- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Apex programming language, as well as an advanced tutorial that shows more of the features of Apex.
- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Force.com Web Services API.
- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Force.com Bulk API.
- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to creating desktop applications with Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com.
- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Force.com Metadata API.
Release Notes
- (Audience: Everyone) Descriptions of the new features available in Spring '10. Skip to the section "Custom Cloud."
Reference Guides
General
- (Audience: Advanced Administrators and Developers) Reference and samples for writing SOQL queries.
- (Audience: Advanced Administrators and Developers) Reference and samples for writing SOSL queries.
- (Audience: Advanced Administrators and Developers) A list of the standard fields for standard objects in Salesforce.com, including each field's label, data type, maximum length, precision, and scale.
Apex and Visualforce
- Version 18.0 for Spring '10: HTML | PDF | Governor Limits | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for Apex, a Java-like programming language that allows you to add custom logic to your apps.
- Version 18.0 for Spring '10: HTML | PDF | Component Reference | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Advanced Administrators and Developers) Reference for Visualforce, a tag-based markup language that allows you to build custom user interfaces for your apps.
API
- Version 18.0 for Spring '10: HTML | PDF | ZIP | What's New | Samples | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the SOAP-based Force.com API.
- Version 18.0 for Spring '10: HTML | PDF | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the REST-based Bulk API, a way of rapidly loading large quantities of records into Salesforce.com.
- Version 18.0 for Spring '10: HTML | PDF | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the Metadata API, a way of retrieving and deploying setup information in your organization.
Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com integrated development environment (IDE) for creating Force.com desktop applications.
- (Audience: End Users and Administrators) How to use the built-in conflict resolution tool in applications built with Adobe Flash Builder for Force.com.
Tools
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the Force.com Migration Tool, a Java/Ant-based command-line utility for moving metadata between a local directory and a Salesforce organization.
- Version 18.0 for Spring '10: HTML | PDF | ZIP | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference and samples for the AJAX Toolkit, an easy way of using the Force.com API in Javascript.
- Version 4.0: HTML | PDF | MSI Install
- (Audience: Developers) Reference and samples for the Office Toolkit, an easy way of using the Force.com API from within Microsoft Office.
Code and Formula Samples
- (Audience: Developers) A set of Visualforce, Apex, and API code samples that show how to solve common problems.
- (Audience: Administrators) Four detailed examples of how to use approval processes in a Force.com app.
- (Audience: Administrators) Over 100 examples of how to use formulas in a Force.com app, plus a handy formula operator and function reference.
- (Audience: Administrators) Over 70 examples of how to use validation rules in a Force.com app.
- (Audience: Administrators) Over a dozen examples of how to use workflow in a Force.com app.
Usage and Implementation Guides
Development on Force.com
- (Audience: Architects and Developers) How IT can plan, build, test, and deploy Force.com applications using a combination of Web-based and traditional development practices.
Force.com IDE and Data Loader
- (Audience: Developers) Help for the IDE is available within Eclipse -- just click Help in the menu bar. For context-sensitive help, click the help button or press F1.
- (Audience: Administrators and Developers) How to use the IDE to translate large numbers of custom labels more efficiently than with the Translation Workbench.
- (Audience: Administrators) How to use the Force.com Data Loader to do a bulk import or export of data from a Salesforce.com organization.
Sites
- (Audience: Administrators and Developers) How to create and manage public Web sites with Force.com.
Packaging and the AppExchange
- (Audience: Developers) Everything you need to know if you're a developer building an app that will eventually be packaged on AppExchange.
- (Audience: Providers, Developers, and Administrators) How to publish an app or service on AppExchange so that it's available to external customers.
- (Audience: Administrators) How to download apps into a Salesforce.com organization.
Security
- (Audience: Administrators and Developers) An overview of Force.com platform security features, including how to write Apex and Visualforce so that you avoid cross-site scripting and SOQL injection attacks.
- (Audience: Administrators and Developers) How to set up Salesforce.com apps to work with single sign-on.
Mobile
- (Audience: Administrators) How to set up Salesforce.com Mobile in an organization, and how to test a custom mobile app.
Developer Cheat Sheets
Developer cheat sheets are condensed, one- to four-page documents with the most commonly used reference material for a particular subject. Print them out and hang them on your wall for a handy quick reference.
Administrator Tip Sheets
Administrator tip sheets are short, one- to six-page documents that excerpt or summarize information already in the online help.
General
Objects, Fields, Page Layouts, and Security
Formulas and Custom Links
Workflow, Approvals, and Email
Analytics
Style Guide
- (Audience: Everyone) All the guidelines for writing text that sounds just like Salesforce.com.
Glossary
- (Audience: Everyone) A listing of every term related to the Force.com platform.