Scenarios on Environment

Sample Scenarios

Scenario 1: You are a Developer looking to get started for free building a Force.com application

• Sign up for a free Developer Edition environment here.
• Begin building on Force.com and using all of the platform features.
• Sign up for another free Developer Edition to test your application.
• Use the Force.com IDE to develop and deploy your application from development to test to production.

Scenario 2: You are a Customer who wants to build a new Force.com application for your production environment

• Get a free Developer Edition organization or set up a sandbox (depending on your production environment).
• Start developing your Force.com application in the development environment you just set up.
• Use another Developer Edition or sandbox environment to test your application's functionality.
• Use the Force.com IDE to develop and deploy your application to production.

Scenario 3: You are a Partner who wants to build a Force.com application to sell

• Sign up for a free Developer Edition or Partner DE organization.
• Use the Force.com IDE to develop your application.
• Package your app and upload it as a beta managed package.
• Test your beta managed package in sandbox, DE and/or the Partner Test environments.
• Upload the package as a released managed package and deploy it to your customers.

Scenario 4: You are a Partner who wants to build and sell a composite app that integrates with Force.com

• Sign up for a free Developer Edition or Partner DE organization. Both environments include access to the various Force.com APIs that can enable you to build your integration.
• Use the Force.com IDE to develop your application.
• Package your app and upload it as a beta managed package.
• Test your beta managed package in sandbox, DE and/or the Partner Test environments.
• Upload the package as a released managed package and deploy it to your customers.