The document summarizes a Karachi Salesforce Platform Developer User Group meeting. It lists the organizers and agenda, which includes presentations on Force.com platform basics and testing HTTP callouts. It also discusses upcoming topics like visualforce charting, Apex classes, and the Spring '13 release. The goal is for the local developer community to collaborate, learn from each other, and explore new areas of the Force.com platform.

1. Karachi Salesforce Platform
Developer User Group
Organizers
Salman Zafar (@SalmanZafr)
Mahmood Zubair (pk.linkedin.com/in/mahmoodzubair)
Jaffer Ali (blogatforce.com)

2. #SFDCDevMeetupKHI

3. Agenda
2:30 PM Doors open - Networking
3:00 PM Kickoff – (Salman Zafar)
3:15 PM PART 1 – (Mustafa Turab & Jaffer Ali)
Presentation on the basics of the Force.com platform
Discussion on new Areas to Explore on Force.com
4:30 PM BREAK
4:45 PM PART 2 – (Abhinav Gupta Salesforce.com MVP)
5:10 Discussion on Agenda for next Meetups
5:30 Networking & Refreshment

4. Salman Zafar
Technical Consultant at Sakonent
@SalmanZafr

5. Karachi Salesforce Platform DUG - Kick Off
 Why we are here ?
 Learn on Cloud
 Opportunity to Collaborate and Speak
 Learn from people among the community
 Explore new areas of Force.com Platform

6. Mustafa Turab Ali
Salesforce Technical Lead at Beyond Vision
(pk.linkedin.com/pub/mustafa-turab-ali/17/57/29)

7. Force.com platform - Basics
Force.com Database
1. Force.com database comprises of sObjects
2. You can understand them as visual representation of underlying database
tables
3. You can create relationships among tables using lookup and master-detail
fields

8. Force.com platform - Basics
Force.com Webservices
1. In addition to the web interface, salesforce.com offers a SOAP/REST
Web service API that enables integration with other systems.
2. There are different flavors of Force.com webservices such as:
1. SOAP API
2. REST API
3. Bulk Data API

9. Force.com platform – Basics
Pros
1. Fast paced business logic development due to
integrated database
2. Visualforce markup takes care of styling
3. Java like syntax reducing the learning curve
4. No need of high performance hardware, code resides
and compiles at the server
5. Supports OOP

10. Force.com platform – Basics
Cons
1. Slow development times due to online compilation
2. Lack of debugging options on local machine without
online code saving

11. Force.com platform – History and opportunity
 Fast growing platform maturing with each release
 AppExchange app store provides developers to list their
own applications/addons for public listing
 Cloud based CRM system opening opportunities for
global developer community to provide services online
 Vast customization options provide opportunity for
businesses to customize Salesforce.com with
Force.com platform according to their unique needs,
opening more opportunities for developers

12. Jaffer Ali
Technical Consultant at Sakonent
(blogatforce.com)

13. Testing HTTP Callouts
 Testing HTTP Callouts by Implementing the
HttpCalloutMock Interface

14. SOQL Polymorphism
 What field in an Event record could reference an Account,
Opportunity, or Campaign.

15. Visualforce Charting
 Area Chart
 Gauge Chart

16. Visualforce Charting
 Radar Chart
 Scatter Chart

17. Non-Primitive Types in Map
 Adding equals and hashCode Methods to Your Class

18. Spring 13 Release
Tooling API
Provides SOAP and REST interfaces that allow you to build dynamic
modules for Force.com development into your enterprise integration
tools.
Connect in Apex
Exposes many Chatter API resources as objects in Apex.
Build Chatter integrations and custom UI on Force.com without
making HTTP callouts to the Chatter API.
Force.com Canvas Updates
Easily integrate a third-party application in Salesforce.
Set of tools and JavaScript APIs that you can use to expose an application as
a canvas app.

19. Restoring Deleted Custom Object
records
 Starting with Spring ’13, you can recover deleted custom
object records after you restore or undelete the record’s
custom object.

20. New Controls for Sending Email
No access: Prevents all outbound email to and from users.
System email only: Allows only automatically generated
emails, such as new user and password reset emails.
All email: Allows all types of outbound email. Default for new,
non-sandbox organizations.

21. Create Tasks Faster— Beta (Chatter Tasks)
 Tasks are a key collaboration point, so it makes sense to
create tasks where collaboration happens—right in the feed.

22. State and Country
 It would be a beta version.
 State and country picklists allow users to select states and
countries from predefined, standardized lists.

23. Apex classes
These Apex classes have been added.
Cases
TimeZone

24. Abhinav Gupta (Force.com MVP)
Independent Salesforce consultant
@abhinavguptas
www.tgerm.com

25. Thank You
Q&A