Ask HN: Any experience developing on the Salesforce Platform(s)?

brothe2000 · on Nov 6, 2013

I've spent some time building apps on force.com and I have liked the process.

There is a lot of resources out there for you to learn and they seem to be pretty open to how things work.

You'll need to keep in mind governing limits and batch processes as they need to protect the platform but it's a pretty easy to use platform and with over 120,000 clients using the system, if you go ISV you can gain access to all those potential customers.

I would check out a local user group to learn more: http://events.developerforce.com/dugs?title=page/Force.com_U...

Also sign up for a free developer account at developer.force.com

monkeyspaw · on Nov 6, 2013

Appreciate the resources. I'm working with the salesforce people and am aware of the developer accounts and other resources, was just trying to connect with someone who has done it before to have a personal conversation.

The developerforce event route sounds very interesting.

brothe2000 · on Nov 8, 2013

Got it. I started out as a salesperson on Salesforce and become an admin and then branched into development from there.

The user groups are incredible and if you are in the bay area you should attend dreamforce and the ISV groups to learn about how things work and what costs are to do ISV.