Chapter 12. Deploying the Force.com Application

Now, we have finished developing the Force.com application. It's time to deploy the developed application to production organizations or any other organization, or distribute onto AppExchange. In traditional software development, the deploying process is more complicated and more iterative because applications are developed offline and then the deployment process is done. However, the Force.com platform is a little bit different from traditional software developments because the changes in the application are immediately available. The deployment methodology of the Force.com platform is one of the powerful features. It allows developers and administrators to complete the deployment process quickly, and create prototypes for customers.

This chapter covers the options available to you to deploy your Force.com platform applications and components from a development environment to a production environment.

The following is the list of topics that...