An update on the Google/Salesforce announcement. Just released today is an Apex toolkit for Force.com developers. This toolkit will allow developers to build applications which integrate CRM and Google Apps Data. The type of Google/Salesforce mashups we’ve been seeing so far have all been s-controls built with Javascript. But this announcement is different because it’s Apex code that runs in Force.com’s managed runtime. So instead of the integration happening on the client side (the browser); the application integrates on the server side.
What this means is that we’re literally seeing 2 clouds talking directly to each other. With the integration on the server end, developers can build applications/mashups without worrying about browser comparability. One of the major gripes about building in Javascript is that each browser has their own little quirks. Another big advantage is performance. With much of the processing happening on the server end, users don’t have to wait for their browsers to finish processing and displaying data.
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[Gokubi via SalesforceWatch]
June 28, 2008 at 11:49
Is it possible to push salesforce fields into a Google Doc, similar to the current mail merge to word? If so, has anyone seen a sample?
June 29, 2008 at 23:56
Hi Kyle,
I don’t think that’s possible. The only thing I’ve seen is organizations linking their Google Docs repository to the Notes and Attachment section of an Object.
Somebody has already posted a comment on the
Ideas Exchange
If anybody else knows how to do this, please chime in.