Watch this webinar to discover new and updated Salesforce Platform features coming in the Spring '13 Release including:
:: Tooling API - The Tooling API is now generally available and provides SOAP and REST interfaces that allow you to build custom development tools for Force.com applications.
:: Connect in Apex - Connect in Apex is now available for Developer Preview in all Developer Edition organizations. Connect in Apex exposes Chatter API data as Apex objects.
:: Force.com Canvas Updates - Force.com Canvas, which allows you to embed a 3rd party app within Salesforce that can recognize user context, has a few new updates including the ability to expose a Canvas app on a custom Visualforce page.
:: Connected Apps - Connected Apps are now generally available for integration using Salesforce Identity and Data APIs.
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4. Speakers
Pat Patterson Samantha Ready
Principal Developer Evangelist Developer Evangelist
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7. Agenda
Force.com Canvas Updates
Connected Apps
Connect in Apex
Tooling API
Other Platform Updates
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9. Force.com Canvas Recap
Your 3rd party application
Any platform, in any
language
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10. Force.com Canvas (Pilot)
§ You can now expose a Canvas App on a Visualforce
page using <apex:canvasApp> component
• Override standard buttons and tabs
• Embed in detail pages
• Create dashboard components or custom help pages
• Customize, extend, or integrate sidebars in the Service Cloud
console
§ Parameters attribute to pass controller values into your
Canvas App
§ Configurable Canvas size
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11. Connected Apps
General
Availability
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12. Connected Apps: General Availability
Connected App = API client
§ Web application (including Force.com Canvas)
§ Mobile application
§ API access authorized
via OAuth 2.0
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13. Connected Apps: What’s New?
Evolution of Remote Access Apps
§ Configure OAuth scopes, mobile support (in Developer Edition org)
§ Publish to an install URL
§ Additional administrative control
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15. Connect in Apex
(developer preview)
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16. What the heck is “Connect in Apex”?
§ Connect in Apex exposes
many Chatter API resources
as objects in Apex.
§ Use Connect in Apex to build
Chatter integrations and
custom UI on Force.com
without making HTTP callouts
to the Chatter API.
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17. Let’s see some examples…
/chatter/subscriptions/subscriptionId Chatter.deleteSubscription(String
communityId, String subscriptionId )
HTTP method: DELETE
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18. Let’s see some more examples…
/chatter/feed-items?q=query+string ChatterFeeds.searchFeedItems(
String communityId, String q )
HTTP method: GET
ChatterFeeds.searchFeedItems(
Where feedType can be any type of feed (such as String communityId, String q, String
Bookmarks, News, Records, etc) pageParam, Integer pageSize )
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19. And another one…
/chatter/feeds/feedType/feed-items ChatterFeeds.getFeedItemsFromFeed(
String communityId,
HTTP method: GET ConnectApi.FeedType feedType )
Where feedType can be any type of feed (such as ChatterFeeds.getFeedItemsFromFeed(
Bookmarks, News, Records, etc) String communityId,
ConnectApi.FeedType feedType, String
pageParam, Integer pageSize,
ConnectApi.FeedSortOrder sortParam )
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20. Last example
/chatter/feed-items/feedItemId/ ChatterFeeds.postComment( String
comments communityId, String feedItemId,
HTTP method: POST String text )
ChatterFeeds.postComment( String
communityId, String feedItemId,
ConnectApi.CommentInput comment,
ConnectApi.BinaryInput
feedItemFileUpload )
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21. Connect with Apex: New and Improved
§ New and improved methods (just a few)
• ChatterFeeds.searchFeedItemsInFeed
• ChatterGroups.requestGroupMembership
• ChatterUsers.updateChatterSettings
• ChatterUsers.isModified
• ChatterComment.likesMessage / FeedItem.likesMessage
§ New feed item templates to make feed items easier to render by defining
their layout
§ http://bit.ly/dev-connectapi
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22. Tooling API
General
Availability
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23. Tooling API: General Availability
Next generation API for building custom development tools
§ REST and SOAP
Manage working copies of code artifacts
§ Apex Class/Trigger, Visualforce Page/Component
Manage debug process
§ Trace flags, heap dump markers, Apex Code/SOQL overlays
Manage debug artifacts
§ Heap dumps, debug logs
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24. Tooling API vs Metadata API
Tooling API
Deploy
Metadata API
• Debug process Code • Custom objects
• Debug artifacts • Settings
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25. Tooling API: REST Resources
https://na1.salesforce.com/services/data/v27.0/
tooling/...
List Tooling API Objects
§ .../sobjects
Tooling API Object Metadata
§ .../sobjects/SObjectName/
Tooling API Object Full Description
§ .../sobjects/SObjectName/describe/
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26. Tooling API: REST Resources
https://na1.salesforce.com/services/data/v27.0/
tooling/...
Access Tooling API record
§ .../sobjects/SObjectName/id/
Query
§ .../query?q=SELECT+Id+FROM+ApexClassWrapper
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33. Tooling API: Roadmap
More Resources
§ Log data, code coverage results etc
More Operations
§ Execute anonymous, run tests, etc
Force.com IDE
§ Port to Tooling API, release as open source
Note – Metadata API is not going anywhere!
§ Metadata API gives access to all sorts of metadata – e.g.
SecuritySettings – that are unrelated to developer tools
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34. Other Platform
Updates
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35. Other Updates
• Developer Console Updates
• New Progress tab
• App Logic
• The Id field is now writable on update
• Triggers for CollaborationGroup and CollaborationGroupMember
• API Updates
• Bulk API – Compressed Responses
• Metadata API – Organization Settings Changes
• Streaming API – Tasks Supported and Increased Limits for UE and EE
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36. Critical Updates
• Invalid URLs Blocked
• Blocks custom links/buttons from rendering invalid URLs
• Visualforce PDF Rendering Engine Improvements
• Improved consistency on how pages render CSS files
• Improved engine for better compatibility
• Single Viewstate Enhancement
• Decreases Visualforce page size
• Improves load time and rendering efficiency
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37. Spring ’13 Rollout
• Sandbox pre-release, NA1: done!
• Pre-release Trial: ongoing
• http://bit.ly/getspring13
• NA6, NA7, NA8, NA9, NA13: Feb 1-2
• All other orgs: Feb 8-9
• http://trust.salesforce.com/trust/maintenance/
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38. Upcoming Events
February 1 (every Friday):
§ Force.com Friday – Weekly Intro Webinar Series
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February 7:
§ Spring ‘13 Salesforce Platform Tweet Chat (9am Pacific)
@forcedotcom via #Spring13QA
February 12:
§ Integration CodeTalk – Sandeep Bhanot & Sohail Sikora
http://bit.ly/intct-13
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Pat Patterson Samantha Ready
Principal Developer Evangelist Developer Evangelist
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