Category Archives: Commentary

Force.com: Improving Enterprise Development in the Cloud

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Rick Ross

As a software craftsman who has grown up writing enterprise applications in a wide variety of languages including Java and Microsoft .NET, I have become accustomed to certain practices and tool sets that have not quite arrived yet in the … Continue reading →

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PaaS: Don’t Forget about Developer Tools

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Rick Ross

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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