Documentation
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Getting Started
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A series of articles that provides an overview of the Force.com platform.
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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. Available to DFC members only.
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- (Audience: Developers) A rich introduction to the advanced features of the Force.com platform for technical developers. Available to DFC members only.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A set of eleven ~30-minute tutorials that introduce various Force.com platform features.
- Basic Tutorial | Advanced Tutorial
- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Visualforce markup language.
- Basic Tutorial | Advanced Tutorial
- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Apex programming language.
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- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Force.com Web Services API.
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- (Audience: Developers) A quick start tutorial introduction to the Force.com Metadata API.
Release Notes
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- (Audience: Everyone) Descriptions of the new features available in Summer '09. Skip to the section "Force.com Platform."
Reference Guides
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- (Audience: Developers and Advanced Administrators) Reference for Visualforce, a tag-based markup language that allows you to build custom user interfaces for your apps.
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- (Audience: Developers) Reference for Apex, a Java-based programming language that allows you to add custom logic to your apps.
- HTML | PDF | ZIP | What's New | Samples | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the SOAP-based Force.com API.
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- (Audience: Developers and Advanced Administrators) Reference and samples for writing SOQL queries.
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- (Audience: Developers and Advanced Administrators) Reference and samples for writing SOSL queries.
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- (Audience: Developers) Reference for the Metadata API, a means of retrieving and deploying setup information in your organization.
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- (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.
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- (Audience: Developers and Advanced Administrators) Reference for developers who are building Force.com apps that will eventually be packaged.
- HTML | PDF | ZIP | Earlier Versions
- (Audience: Developers) Reference and samples for the AJAX Toolkit, a means of accessing the Force.com API from Javascript.
- HTML | PDF | MSI Install
- (Audience: Developers) Reference and samples for the Office Toolkit, a plug-in for accessing the Force.com Web Services API from within Microsoft Office.
Code and Formula Samples
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- (Audience: Developers) A set of Visualforce, Apex, and Force.com Web Services API code samples that showcase solutions to common Force.com platform scenarios. Available to DFC members only.
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- (Audience: Administrators) Four detailed examples of using approval processes in a Force.com app.
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- (Audience: Administrators) Over 100 examples of using formulas in a Force.com app, plus a comprehensive formula operator and function reference.
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- (Audience: Administrators) Over 70 examples of using validation rules in a Force.com app.
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- (Audience: Administrators) Over a dozen examples of using workflow in a Force.com app.
Usage and Implementation Guides
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- (Audience: Architects and Developers) Details how an IT organization can plan, build, test, and deploy Force.com applications using a combination of Web-based and traditional development practices.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A comprehensive overview of the complete packaging lifecycle, including information on package upload, usage monitoring, and managing upgrades.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) Information on downloading apps from AppExchange into a Salesforce organization.
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- (Audience: Administrators) Information on how to use the Force.com Data Loader to perform bulk import or export of data in a Salesforce organization.
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- (Audience: Developers) The Force.com IDE documentation is available within Eclipse. In the IDE, click Help in the menu bar. For context-sensitive help, click the help button or press the F1 key.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) Step-by-step instructions on how to use the Force.com IDE to translate large numbers of custom labels more efficiently than with the Translation Workbench.
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- (Audience: Administrators) Instructions for setting up Salesforce Mobile in an organization. Use this guide to learn how to test a custom mobile app.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) A comprehensive overview of Force.com platform security features, including Apex and Visualforce coding for avoiding cross-site scripting and SOQL injection attacks.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) Information on configuring Salesforce apps to work with single sign-on solutions.
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- (Audience: Developers and Administrators) Information on creating and managing publicly accessible Web sites with Force.com.
Tip Sheets
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Style Guide
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- (Audience: Everyone) Replicate standard Salesforce styles in your custom Force.com apps.
Glossary
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- (Audience: Everyone) A comprehensive listing of all Force.com platform terms.