6. Business Value With the new packaging enhancements and upgrading capabilities for AppExchange apps in Winter '07... Developers now have access to the most robust development platform in the industry for rapidly sharing and deploying on-demand applications for their customers. Customers will have an easy and seamless way to install and upgrade on-demand applications.
7. Key Capabilities Upgradeable Packages – Rapidly deploy new functionality in your app to your customer base and protect subscribers from making changes that break S-Controls and integrations Unique Namespaces – Ensure subscribers can successfully install any package from the AppExchange, even if they have another component with the same name License Management Integration – As a framework for future license management functionality, know who's installed your app and what version they're using Additional Packagable Components – Package custom fields on standard objects, custom buttons, validation rules, and record types on custom objects. Package Extensions – Empower your partners to extend the capabilities of your product through package extensions. 1 2 3 4 1 3 5
10. Demonstration Overview Jack is the CTO of Recruit On-Demand, and is developing a new on-demand recruiting product for the AppExchange. He wants the ability to seamlessly roll out new versions to new and existing subscribers of his product. Sue is an VP of HR at Universal Containers. Universal Containers has a very successful and rapidly growing business in selling containers to manufacturers and shipping companies across the world. Because of their fast growth, Sue would like to deploy an on-demand Recruiting solution that will support the recruiting needs of Universal Containers. John is the VP of Marketing at Recruit On-Demand, and he wants the ability to easily reach subscribers who have installed his recruiting application on the AppExchange. Jack Application Developer Sue HR Manager John Marketing
12. Demonstration: Developing the app Jack Application Developer Signs up for a free Developer Edition organization on the AppExchange Developer Network. 1 Develops, tests, and packages an on-demand recruiting application. 3 Configures his Developer Edition organization for a managed package. 2
13. Demonstration: Testing the app Jack Application Developer Uploads a Beta version of his recruiting product to get feedback from customers like Universal Container. 4 Installs Recruit On-Demand Version 1.0 Beta to Universal Container’s Sandbox Edition. 6 Sue HR Manager Tests the recruiting application with her recruiting team. 7 Contacts Sue at Universal Container to engage her in the beta testing of Recruit On-Demand. 5 John Marketing
14. Demonstration: Enhance the app Through beta testing, Sue discovers what she really wants is a dashboard to track the hiring activities across the company. 7 Sue HR Manager Enhances and fixes Recruit On-Demand based on the feedback from Sue and other beta participants. 8 Jack Application Developer
15. Demonstration: Release the app Jack Application Developer Releases Version 1.0 by uploading Recruit On-Demand to the AppExchange. 9 Deploys Recruit On-Demand from the AppExchange to Universal Container’s Unlimited Edition production org. 11 Sue HR Manager Launches Recruit On-Demand and using the LMA notifies beta participants on the availability of Recruit On-Demand Version 1.0. 10 John Marketing
20. How It Works Developer Uploads Released Version What happened when Jack uploaded a released version of Recruit On-Demand?
21. How It Works But what about during the Beta Testing? Manage Component Legend Managed – Released A managed component that has been uploaded in a non-beta packageversion. Only applicable to developer orgs. Managed – Installed A managed component that has been installed in a subscriber org. Only applicable to subscriber orgs. Managed – Beta A managed component that has been added to a managed package since the last uploaded, released package version or has been uploaded in a beta package version. Only applicable to developer orgs.
