Comments on: Salesforce’s Apex: Choosing Safety Over Velocity http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/10/16/salesforce%e2%80%99s-apex-choosing-safety-over-velocity/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kingsley http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/10/16/salesforce%e2%80%99s-apex-choosing-safety-over-velocity/comment-page-1/#comment-82226 Kingsley Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:58:22 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/10/16/salesforce%e2%80%99s-apex-choosing-safety-over-velocity/#comment-82226 As Peter Coffee mentions in the following blog post, I think the Apex platform is proving it's own versatility. I believe that it won't be long before the Apex language does too. http://blog.sforce.com/sforce/2007/02/a_wealth_of_new.html As Peter Coffee mentions in the following blog post, I think the Apex platform is proving it’s own versatility. I believe that it won’t be long before the Apex language does too.

http://blog.sforce.com/sforce/2007/02/a_wealth_of_new.html

]]> By: Anne http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/10/16/salesforce%e2%80%99s-apex-choosing-safety-over-velocity/comment-page-1/#comment-33134 Anne Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:56:31 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/10/16/salesforce%e2%80%99s-apex-choosing-safety-over-velocity/#comment-33134 You can do database and forms programming from dynamic scripting languages too. However, for industrial strength applications, you might want to run your logic on the database tier, as a stored procedure, and for that you'd need something PL/SQL-like, which is what Apex is. Since it looks like Salesforce wants to build a generic enterprise application marketplace, it probably makes sense to go the route they've chosen. I have my doubts about whether they can succeed in building something generically useful, given their current value and success is in providing CRM solutions and extensions. You can do database and forms programming from dynamic scripting languages too. However, for industrial strength applications, you might want to run your logic on the database tier, as a stored procedure, and for that you’d need something PL/SQL-like, which is what Apex is. Since it looks like Salesforce wants to build a generic enterprise application marketplace, it probably makes sense to go the route they’ve chosen. I have my doubts about whether they can succeed in building something generically useful, given their current value and success is in providing CRM solutions and extensions.

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