Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for Force.com developers is an integrated Eclipse IDE including CollabNet and Force.com plug-ins that enable distributed team-based software development. Built on the popular Eclipse framework, the Force.com IDE extends Eclipse beyond traditional software development and provides developers with a robust development and testing environment to create cloud computing applications on the Force.com platform. Developers gain enterprise-level ALM through CollabNet Subversion code management and CollabNet TeamForge for issue tracking, workflow, document management and collaboration.
Collaborate for the cloud
The CollabNet Desktop – Eclipse Edition allows Force.com developers to access the industry's leading ALM platform for distributed teams from their Eclipse IDE.
CollabNet TeamForge: Requirements, Issue Tracking, Document Management, Workflow, and Collaboration
Lab Management: Continuous Build & Test Integration. Configure environments, upload software assets, set up and tear down lab environments, manage projects.
Subversion: The new standard for version control and Software Configuration Management. APEX Source Code Management from the Desktop
Coding in the Clouds with Eclipse-based Force.com IDE
Freely available at http://developer.force.com, the Force.com IDE provides developers with tools to customize, integrate and build cloud computing applications on the Force.com platform. Corporate IT departments and ISVs alike can use the Force.com IDE to create applications for use in existing Force.com platform deployments or for distribution via the Salesforce.com AppExchange.
Why Force.com and CollabNet?
This integrated desktop exposes the capabilities available in CollabNet and Force.com developer services platforms in an integrated and transparent way to application developers. The combined solution allows developers to design, code, build and test software applications within a familiar Eclipse IDE, then deploy and run them in the cloud. Users have constant access to all software lifecycle assets and tools in Subversion, TeamForge & Force.com from within the Eclipse IDE.
Eclipse users will now have an integrated set of tools to build more robust applications for Force.com in a collaborative way, leveraging the best skills and developers on the planet, regardless of their location. The integration of CollabNet TeamForge provides ROI metrics of 50% productivity and 80% reductions in infrastructure cost. These are backed by documented results experienced by customers who made the transition from siloed development using traditional development tools to distributed development using CollabNet.
Improve development processes
- Identify and detail the patterns for typical tasks and documents
- Use familiar terminology for project planning and execution
- Apply specified processes to generate project plans
Maximize project agility
- Highlight impact when estimates, resources and priorities change
- Make all aspects of the plan and its execution accessible
- Provide customized reports on all planning and execution data
Optimize resource management
- Examine all resources available to the project as they change
- Choose resources to complete tasks in the shortest time
- Report estimated and actual resource utilization
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