Course Description: This comprehensive hands-on course is a must for new application developers who want to create custom Force.com applications or customize existing Salesforce applications. Participants will learn how to use the declarative “clicks not code” capabilities of the Force.com cloud platform to create new applications and Force.com pages (Visualforce) and components to create custom interfaces. Who should take this course? Building Applications with Force.com is designed for application developers who want an in-depth understanding of how to use the declarative capabilities of the Force.com platform to create custom applications and Force.com pages to create custom interfaces. This course provides the foundation for developers who need to know how to leverage these capabilities for rapid development and to prepare for learning Force.com code (Apex) and Force.com page controllers. Prerequisites The prerequisites include a solid understanding of basic Salesforce concepts and functionality and completion of the following online courses, which are available at www.salesforce.com or, for salesforce.com customers, right from the Help site in Salesforce:      Getting Started: Navigating Salesforce      Getting Started: Using the Sales Cloud •    No previous computer programming training/skills required, but experience with at least one programming language is preferred •    General understanding  database design and web development •    General understanding Windows operating system and  web user interface What you will learn When you complete this course, you’ll be able to:     Build and customize multi-user cloud applications with just clicks     Define an application’s data model     Customize the user interface     Create advanced workflows and validation rules     Automate business processes     Manage your data     Develop a custom user interface with Force.com pages Students will expect 50% of Lectures and 50% of LAB. The lectures will emphasis a CLEAR understanding of Salesforce.com Force.com technology. The LABS will train hands-on skills for Salesforce.com Force.com configuration and development. Successful completion of this course will help students to master key Salesforce.com technology concepts and hands-on skills. It will also help students to prepare the Salesforce.com Force.com Certificated Developer (DEV401) Exam.   Text Book Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) by Jason Ouellette Force.com Developer Certification Handbook by by Siddhesh Kabe