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CatamaransCatamarans 

Here comes Zimbra

One of the big weaknesses of Salesforce is the cumberson email integration. It was thus with much interest I read the progress of Zimba in integrating outlook and office products INSIDE the saleforce system.
 
 
Does anyone have any idea when this will be released as an appexhange application and what the associated costs are?
 
Also, I was wondering if anyone has advice on learning AJAX vs .NET when it comes to salesforce...would it be better long term option to learn Ajax coding via Eclipse than a related curve vai .NET and Visual Studio?
 
Any advice appreciated.
 
Thanks
 
 
 
Gareth DaviesGareth Davies

Hi Jason,

Here;s a good Zimbra resource.

http://www.zimbra.com/blog/archives/2006/06/success_with_op.html

 
On the learning front the Salesforce API is so well designed that once you have learnt it in one environment your knowledge will port very quickly.
 
Javascript (AJAX) is good for small projects as it's quick to get started. It's a loosly typed language and it does not compile so errors tend to be found during execution and without warning. It also has a problem seperating name spaces, so for large projects it becomes a nightmare. But for browser executed code snippets it is great.
 
For server side execution learn C# .Net, the transition between Javascript and C# is quite simple as the structure is similar. But you will need to learn object oriented design for c# which is optional for Javascript which has a fairly klunky implementation of OOP in any case.
 
I'd start with Javascript because it's quick and simple and you can get some really powerful results in S-Controls and custom-links that will add value for you quickly. Then progress to C# if you want to create sever-side, win32 clients or MS-Office integration and are willing to spend the time to learn it.
 
Cheers
Gareth.
KevinHKevinH
Here's a couple links that have the live demo, a flash demo and more information.

http://blog.sforce.com/sforce/2006/07/zimbra_demo_fro.html

http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?id=a0330000001oVQMAA2

-kevin
Zimbra

Message Edited by KevinH on 07-19-2006 08:49 PM
Jhonny AndrewJhonny Andrew
On the learning front the Salesforce API is so well designed that once you have learnt it in one environment your knowledge will port very quickly.
 
Javascript (AJAX) is good for small projects as it's quick to get started. It's a loosly typed language and it does not compile so errors tend to be found during execution and without warning. It also has a problem seperating name spaces, so for large projects it becomes a nightmare. But for browser executed code snippets it is great.
 
For server side execution learn C# .Net, the transition between Javascript and C# is quite simple as the structure is similar. But you will need to learn object oriented design for c# which is optional for Javascript which has a fairly klunky implementation of OOP in any case.
 
I'd start with Javascript because it's quick and simple and you can get some really powerful results in S-Controls and custom-links that will add value for you quickly. Then progress to C# if you want to create sever-side, win32 clients or MS-Office integration and are willing to spend the time to learn it.

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