The document summarizes new features from the Spring '12 release of Salesforce including the Cloud Flow Designer, enhanced Schema Builder, updated Developer Console, Mobile SDK, and Social Authentication. It highlights the most exciting features such as the generally available Cloud Flow Designer, increased functionality of the Schema Builder, debugging capabilities of the Developer Console, and the Salesforce Mobile SDK. Additional features mentioned include concurrent Apex jobs, test method data access, and dynamic Visualforce components generally available in production.

1. Developer’s Den
What’s New & What’s on the
Horizon?

2. Joshua Hoskins
Orlando User Group Leader
Twitter: @jhoskins
Blog: http://www.CRMified.com

3. Question: What Spring ‘12 delivered
features are MOST exciting?

4. GA Features
 Cloud Flow Designer
 Enhanced Schema Builder
 Updated Developer Console
 Mobile SDK
 Social Authentication

8. Get Started Today!
 With Spring ‘12, the Flow Designer is now generally
available and native to Salesforce.com. You can
access it directly from your browser:
1. Click Your Name > Setup > App Setup > Create >
Workflows & Approvals.
2. Click New Flow.
Visual Workflow Session by Riptide
TODAY @ 1:30pm Room # 121

9. #forcedotcom Horizon
 Deliver the conveniences and scalability of an
enterprise platform

10. Schema Builder
 Previously, Schema
Builder allowed you to
view your entity
relationships in an easy
manner, but now
provides more
functionality for building
out your data model as
well.
 You can access Schema
Builder via Setup, Quick
Links or on the Create
Objects page within
Setup.

11. Demo Time
 Schema Builder

12. Developer Console
 Support for LARGE
Log Files

13. Developer Console
 Simulated Breakpoints from
YOUR Browser in “The Cloud”

14. Demo Time
 Edit Code within Console
 Visualforce Code Complete
 Set Breakpoints to Debug your Code

15. The Salesforce Mobile SDK
 Slide Body Text

16. OFFSET added to SOQL (Pilot)
 Using OFFSET is helpful for paging into large result sets,
in scenarios where you need to quickly jump to a
particular subset of the entire results. For example, the
following SOQL query returns a result set that skips the
first 100 rows of the full query results:

17. + Concurrent Apex Jobs – YAY!!!
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Before Spring ‘12 New Spring ’12 Limit
 With this higher limit, you can now schedule
more Apex jobs for concurrent execution.

18. Test Method Data Access
 Previously, unit tests would have access to pre-existing
data within your organization, as well as any test data it
creates for the purposes of proving assertions true or
false.
 By default with Salesforce API version 24.0 and later, a
unit test will only see data that it creates.

19. Social Authentication

20. Demo Time
 Social Authentication

22. It’s the little things

23. Developer Resources
 Spring 12 Release Notes
 Metadata API Developer’s Guide
 Discussion Boards
 Developer Preview
 @forcedotcom
 #askforce
 facebook.com/forcedotcom

24. Force.com
 Dynamic Visualforce Components GA
 Supported in production code & managed
packages
 Vary page content or look according to state
 Designed in APEX
 Developer’s Guide details

25. Thank YOU!