Force.com Platform - The Big Picture

Salesforce.com is best known for its web-based Sales and Service applications. It claims to be cloud-based Software as a Service CRM. It is becoming more popular with companies, so it is important for legacy developers to learn how to use the platform. It is not as well-known that the CRM features are built on a metadata-driven application development framework. The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides an ever-growing array of services. Both enable rapid application development and sophisticated integration with other systems. This course will give you a glimpse of the platform's breadth and depth, and help you see the bigger picture of its capabilities and what you can do.