Chapter 1. Apex Assumptions and Comparisons
Salesforce is the enterprise cloud computing leader. Its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications were designed from the ground up to use a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Their success revolutionized the technology sector and changed the way software is delivered. Powering their applications is the Salesforce1 Platform, which is a highly scalable, multitenant Platform as a Service (PaaS). This platform is not just for salesforce.com's applications but is available to anyone to build a custom SaaS application. The programming language used on the Salesforce1 Platform is called Apex, and this book will get you started developing with it.
Apex isn't your typical programming language, so this ...
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