Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code: Customizing Salesforce on the Force.com Platform

by Philip Weinmeister

Are you facing a challenging Salesforce.com 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.com'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.com 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.com 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 Best of all, Weinmeister uses real-life business scenarios and visuals to keep you engaged and learning something new with every page you read. Practical Salesforce.com Development Without Code will help you absorb the principles behind dozens of creative and thoughtful ways to solve your business problems. Applying the lessons learned from this how-to guide will ultimately save you time and ensure that your clients or internal customers are well satisfied and productive. The target audience consists of those looking to solve business problems within Salesforce.com without using code. That includes analysts, administrators, and consultants. The book will also appeal to Salesforce.com developers looking to better understand the declarative side of SFDC development (using configuration, not code), as well as technical professionals who want or need to learn more about solving business needs/problems within Salesforce.com (those who would generally understand configuration and/or development, but are not familiar with the platform).

324 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 9, 2014

Reviews

[Jordana Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good way to see how to do things step by step. It shows many different options un Salesforce, a good read.