Salesforce Lightning Platform Reviews & Insights

Managing student and parent information
database as well as salesforce user and prospect onboarding

Easily Ui managed , less code or no code Testing automation using open source is not supported

We converted over to the Salesforce Lightning Platform from the standard cloud over the past few years- and appreciated many of the changes it brings with it. It's not across the entire organization just yet, but it does help in streamlining the Salesforce experience and make integration a little bit easier.

Salesforce Lightning is definitely well suited when it comes to regular day-to-day tasks such as ticketing and sales workflows. It was a bit of a tough transition as the 'cleaner' interface can make it harder to find options/dropdowns that were more front and center in the App Cloud version.

We evaluated Salesforce App Cloud when beginning development of several mobile applications ~1 year ago. In the end, we decided not to use Salesforce although it was quite powerful. Our needs were not "enterprise" enough to justify the cost and overhead of Salesforce, so we moved on.

For enterprise customers already using Salesforce, App Cloud is a viable solution to develop and deploy for both mobile and desktop. For non-enterprise customers with limited need for integrating multiple Salesforce solutions, App Cloud might be a bit too much. Ultimately, you can chat with a Salesforce expert to discuss your needs and you can probably evaluate App Cloud for free.

Mobile App Development.

First time offered, Salesforce SDK with Salesforce1 provides best of both worlds, Easy to build the application. One of the most important flexibility it provides is to choose between Salesforce1 and Salesforce SDK. If you want to build mobile applications, Everything that has been provided with Salesforce App cloud already existed. But with Salesforce App cloud everything is provided under one umbrella.

We are an ISV on the Salesforce1 platform, providing a native AppExchange solution focusing on the Mid-Market and Enterprise.

Salesforce has done a great job of providing a suite of app clouds to get the job done with the right tool. Understanding where/how to use Visualforce/Apex, Heroku, Wave, etc for the right project is important as you kick off your project.