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SFDCNewbSFDCNewb 

DE - How Does One Know if Apps are Working?

I am new to salesforce.com and am on a self -pace learning with various materials available.  This will be a career change for me but have worked with salesforce.com as a end user. 

 

I am going to build the Recruiting App that is in the Force.com Platform Fundamentals : An Introduction to Custom Application Development in the Cloud.  Since this will be built on the Developers Edition, I know its not "live".  So how do I know if I built it incorrectly or have some errors?  This goes for any future apps that I hope to build on DE.

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Jon Mountjoy_Jon Mountjoy_

Well, it is "live" - just not live on a "production" environment.

 

So I think what you're asking is:

 - What's the difference between a developer environment and a production environment.

 

One thing you'll learn about as you go through your material is all these different environments.  In fact, there's a sandbox environment too.  Some accounts have them (the developer edition you have, do not - but you can also sign up for a Force.com Free Edition which does).  Your sandbox can effectively be a "mirror" of your production - you can even ensure it has the same data ("a full copy sandbox") - and be pretty confident that if it works there, it will work on production.

 

Hope that helps - you can learn a little more here.

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SFDCNewbSFDCNewb

Sorry, I meant that I new to anything that is more than end user of salesforce.com.
Jon Mountjoy_Jon Mountjoy_

Well, it is "live" - just not live on a "production" environment.

 

So I think what you're asking is:

 - What's the difference between a developer environment and a production environment.

 

One thing you'll learn about as you go through your material is all these different environments.  In fact, there's a sandbox environment too.  Some accounts have them (the developer edition you have, do not - but you can also sign up for a Force.com Free Edition which does).  Your sandbox can effectively be a "mirror" of your production - you can even ensure it has the same data ("a full copy sandbox") - and be pretty confident that if it works there, it will work on production.

 

Hope that helps - you can learn a little more here.

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SFDCNewbSFDCNewb

Thanks for clearing that up, Jon Mountjoy_.