Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code: Customizing Salesforce on the Force.com Platform
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- Title
- Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code: Customizing Salesforce on the Force.com Platform
- Author
- Weinmeister, Philip
- Publisher
- Apress
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1484200985
- ISBN 13
- 9781484200988
- Item weight
- 1.42 pounds
UPDATE: 2nd edition now available! bit.ly/sfdevnocode
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Are you facing a challenging Salesforce problem--say, relating to automation, configuration, formulation, or reporting--that you can't quite crack? Or maybe you are hoping to infuse some creativity into your solution design strategy to solve problems faster or make solutions more efficient? Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code shows you how to unlock the power of the Force.com platform to solve real business problems--and all without writing a line of code. Adhering to Salesforce's "clicks, not code" mantra, Salesforce.com expert Phil Weinmeister walks you through different business problems and identifies effective, creative--and proven--approaches to solutions using the platform's declarative framework.
If you are a Salesforce administrator, analyst, consultant, or developer, you can attest to the insatiable appetite of users for new functionality. Your clients expect solutions--and now. By adopting Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code as your guide, you will learn how to deliver business solutions within Salesforce by combining analysis, creativity, and logic with some of its core elements, including validation rules, workflow rules, and formula fields. In addition, Weinmeister dissects and explains the most useful functions and features for developers, and shows you how to use them. Among other things, you will learn how to:
What you'll learn
The target audience consists of those looking to solve business problems within Salesforce without using code. That includes analysts, administrators, and consultants. The book also appeals to Salesforce developers looking to increase knowledge of configuration-based approaches to solutions. as well as technical professionals who understand configuration and/or development, but are not familiar with the Force.com platform.
Table of Contents
If you are a Salesforce administrator, analyst, consultant, or developer, you can attest to the insatiable appetite of users for new functionality. Your clients expect solutions--and now. By adopting Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code as your guide, you will learn how to deliver business solutions within Salesforce by combining analysis, creativity, and logic with some of its core elements, including validation rules, workflow rules, and formula fields. In addition, Weinmeister dissects and explains the most useful functions and features for developers, and shows you how to use them. Among other things, you will learn how to:
- Build objects, fields, and relationships to establish a sensible data model
- Automate business processes by using workflow rules and flows (Visual Workflow)
- Utilize functions and develop formulas effectively for a variety of business needs
- Develop intricate approval processes to handle exception scenarios
- Employ publisher actions to drive additional functionality from the Chatter feed
- Manage your data using Data Loader
What you'll learn
- How to develop within Salesforce without the use of code
- How to deliver business solutions within Salesforce.com using various native elements, including validation rules, workflow rules, formula fields, and flows
- Effective use of various Force.com features
The target audience consists of those looking to solve business problems within Salesforce without using code. That includes analysts, administrators, and consultants. The book also appeals to Salesforce developers looking to increase knowledge of configuration-based approaches to solutions. as well as technical professionals who understand configuration and/or development, but are not familiar with the Force.com platform.
Table of Contents
- The Salesforce.com Data Model: Objects, Fields, and Relationships
- Formula Functions: Your Building Block in Salesforce.com Formulas
- All About Formula Fields
- Automating Your Business with Salesforce.com Workflow Rules
- Enforcing Your Business Rules with Salesforce.com Validation Rules
- Building Effective Approval Processes for Your Business
- Use Entitlements and Milestones to Drive Case Automation
- Producing Advanced Automation with Visual Workflow
- Develop Friendlier Solutions with Custom Settings
- Streamline Your Process with Publisher Actions
- Using Web-to-Lead Effectively and Creatively
- Customizing the Look and Feel of Salesforce.com for Your Users
- Useful Features and Options for Building Reports in Salesforce.com
- Applying the Proper Security Model to Support Your Solutions
- Managing Your Salesforce.com Data with Data Loader
- Managing Your Environments and Deploying Your Solutions
- Next Steps in Your Path to Development Excellence
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About the Author
Phil Weinmeister is a Salesforce MVP and VP of Product Management at 7Summits, where he is focused on building innovative components, apps, and bolts that enable impactful, transformative communities on the Salesforce platform. He is 18x Salesforce certified and has delivered numerous Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and (primarily) Community Cloud solutions to a variety of organizations on Salesforce since 2010. He has been a Salesforce MVP since 2015 and, in 2017, was was named the first-ever "Community Cloud MVP" at the Lightning Bolt Trailblazer awards at Dreamforce 17. After authoring Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code (receiving), he penned Practical Guide to Salesforce Communities in 2018.
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, with a double major in business administration/IT and Spanish, Phil now resides in Powder Springs, Georgia, USA. He spends most of his "free" time with his gorgeous, sweet wife, Amy, and his children, Tariku, Sophie, Max, and Lyla. When he's not trying to make his kids laugh, cheering on the Arizona Cardinals, or rap-battling his wife, Phil enjoys traveling, playing various sports, and growing in his walk with Jesus.
Stay updated on Phil's most recent insights and blog posts by following him on Twitter (@PhilWeinmeister).
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, with a double major in business administration/IT and Spanish, Phil now resides in Powder Springs, Georgia, USA. He spends most of his "free" time with his gorgeous, sweet wife, Amy, and his children, Tariku, Sophie, Max, and Lyla. When he's not trying to make his kids laugh, cheering on the Arizona Cardinals, or rap-battling his wife, Phil enjoys traveling, playing various sports, and growing in his walk with Jesus.
Stay updated on Phil's most recent insights and blog posts by following him on Twitter (@PhilWeinmeister).
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