Creating an application in Salesforce

Step 1 :- Create a Teacher Custom Object

The force.com platform includes predefined Standard Object, but you can also create your own custom object to track anything. First step is to create a custom object.

1. Open your browser and go to https/login.salesforce.com/
2. Enter your username and password
3. Click Setup in the upper right corner, and then click Create  --> Objects in the sidebar menu to display the Custom objects page






4. Click New custom Object to display New custom Object wizard
   
5.  Fill in the custom Object definition
• For the label, enter Teacher
• For the plural label, enter Teachers
• Leave all other values as they are
  
6. Click save to finish the creating new custom Object in Salesforce

Objects Overview

Overview of Objects :- Force.com platform provides a database, with any features that make it faster and easier to create applications. In a relational database, data is stored in tables. Each table comprises number of columns of a particular data type, such as text, number, or date.

Database in force.com, on the other hand, uses objects to store data. Objects contain all functionality that we use in tables, with additional enhancement that make easier and versatile. There are two types of Objects:-

Standard Objects:- These are the objects included with Salesforce, by default, for example the objects that stored data in standard tabs such as Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, lead etc.

Custom Objects:- These are new objects you create to store information unique to your organization. Custom objects extend the functionality that standard objects provide.

Now its time to learn how to work on Salesforce:-

1.      Open your browser and click on the link https://developer.salesforce.com/en/

2.      Now create an account.

3.      Type a unique username

App:- An app is a collection of items that work together to serve a particular function. Salesforce provides standard apps such as Sales and Call Center. You can also build your own on-demand apps by grouping items into new custom apps. A custom app consists of a label, a description, and an ordered list of items, which often includes tabs.

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing:- Cloud computing means storing and accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of your computer's hard drive. The cloud is just a hope for the Internet. A simple example of cloud computing is Yahoo email, Gmail, or Hotmail etc. All you need is just an internet connection and you can start sending emails. The server and email management software is all on the cloud (internet) and is totally managed by the cloud service provider Yahoo , Google etc. The consumer gets to use the software alone and enjoy the benefits.

Difference between Salesforce.com and force.com :-

Basic difference between Salesforce.com and Force.com that Salesforce.comis generally a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) functionality (the sales, service and marketing applications) and Force.com is generally used to refer to the underlying platform (the database, code and I on which all the apps are built).