The document lists 11 reasons to be a cloud developer including that cloud development provides a free development environment that only requires a web browser, vibrant developer communities exist online, and cloud platforms offer detailed documentation and courses for learning. Additional reasons highlighted are the ability to develop without writing code using declarative frameworks, the availability of programming languages like Apex and tools for unit testing, and the ease of deployment across platforms including mobile.

1. 10 reasons to be a cloud developer
Yury Bondarev
Solit 2012

2. • Branch enterprise of the VRP Consulting
corporation (14 year old international
company headquartered in San Francisco)
• Specializing in custom cloud
computing
solutions (Salesforce, Windows
Azure, Amazon, Sharepoint)
• Salesforce consulting partner
• Over 40,000 hours on projects.
• Has seasoned certified Salesforce
professionals
• Fast growing firm

3. Partners and Clients
*some VRP customers are not listed here according to confidentiality policy

4. Salesforce - is

5. Availability for developers Reason 1
No hardware, no software
Free development environment in the Cloud
Only you need to
start is a web
browser

6. Vibrant Community Reason 2
http://boards.developerforce.com/

7. Detailed Documentation & Courses Reason 3

8. Development without writing code Reason 4
Declarative framework

9. If we need to write a code Reason 5
Apex-language
Class
Triggers

10. If we need to write a code Reason 5
Page

11. If we need to write a code Reason 5
Trigger

12. Unit-tests Reason 6
Native mechanism
Security scanner
Test class
Test method

13. Unit-tests Reason 6

14. Easy to deploy Reason 7

15. Ruby & Java - Heroku Reason 8

16. Cross Platform Solution, Mobile SDK Reason 9

17. New releases Reason 10

18. They need YOU! Reason 11

19. Thank you!
Questions?
Yury Bondarev
Certified senior developer
e-mail: yury.bondarev@vrpinc.com
Website: vrpinc.com