Salesforce makes it easier to code to Google Apps
Check out this new beefy section on the Salesforce site using the Force.com Toolkit for Google Apps.
On brief look, it appears to be a bunch of Apex to make it easier to write Apex code that does things like create calendar items, contacts, blogger posts. Pretty cool concept–they’re making it tons easier for developers to add office functionality to Salesforce.com.
It’s pretty exciting. I wonder what apps they will release tomorrow? Maybe mail merge to Google Doc? Export reports to Google Spreadsheets?
Update: Adam’s announcement is here.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:56 am
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June 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Hi guys. Part of your wish list was fulfilled on back in April as part of the big SFDC-Google launch. Astadia developed Astadia Report Collaboration for Google Spreadsheets 2.02. On top of being one of teh Google-SFDc APps pre-imbedded in every version of SFDC (look in your Setup and then Google Apps), here’s the link to the AppExchange http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?id=a0330000005HRtdAAG
And here is the reuters coverage of the event talking about the same Google/SFDC App
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS96945+14-Apr-2008+PRN20080414
Astadia Report Collaboration for Google Spreadsheets allows a Salesforce subscriber to export any reportable information in Salesforce to Google Spreadsheets for further analysis & share the report with both Salesforce & non-Salesforce users.
Hope this helps you and others.