1. INTRO TO FORCE.COM DEVELOPMENT Eric Hartye

2. Where do I start? Go to http://developer.force.comhttp://developer.force.com Get your FREE developer editionFREE developer edition Get the Force.com IDE (optional)Force.com IDE Follow the “Getting Started” LinkGetting Started Tutorials Books Videos

3. MVC and Force.com Model – sObjects. Database design via point-and-click interface. View – Visualforce. Allows users to build sophisticated, custom user interfaces hosted on the Force.com platform. Includes a tag-based markup language, similar to HTML Controller – Apex. Strongly typed, object-oriented. Syntax looks like Java, acts like database stored procedures. Add business logic to most system events