Author Archives: Rick Ross

Force.com: What edition for starting new development?

As someone who has been working with the force.com platform for over two years, it still isn’t obvious to me where a developer should start writing applications. Part of this confusion comes from multiple options to choose from and not … Continue reading

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PaaS: Don’t Forget about Developer Tools

Prior to Platform as a Service (PaaS) technologies (e.g force.com), a developer was required to have at least a basic understanding of operating systems on which their software would run.  They would need to know how to configure, set up, … Continue reading

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