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Learning Force.com Application Development

You're reading from   Learning Force.com Application Development Use the Force.com platform to design and develop real-world, cutting-edge cloud applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782172796
Length 406 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chamil Madusanka Chamil Madusanka
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Force.com FREE CHAPTER 2. Building the Data Model 3. Building the User Interface 4. Designing Apps for Multiple Users and Protecting Data 5. Implementing Business Processes 6. Data Management on the Force.com Platform 7. Custom Coding with Apex 8. Building Custom Pages with Visualforce 9. Analytics as a Service with the Force.com Platform 10. E-mail Services with the Force.com Platform 11. Building Public Websites with Force.com Sites 12. Deploying the Force.com Application A. Force.com Tools Index

Chapter 2. Building the Data Model

In this chapter, the data model of the Force.com platform will be introduced, which explains about creating custom objects, custom fields, and various data types of the Force.com platform.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Creating objects
  • Creating custom fields

Before we start building the data model on the Force.com platform, we need to log into our organization using the login credentials specified in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Force.com. You will see the Force.com home page (or landing page) for developers and administrators after you have logged on:

Building the Data Model

The Force.com home page

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