Roots of force.com
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
6:05 PM
Roots of force.com
Originally, business process was defined through databases. 
Process consisted of
transforms of data
lifecycles of a particular record (ECA). 
"triggers": things that happen when a record is changed. 
In force.com
no real databases
objects "like" JDOs
query language SOQL: "like" JDO queries. 
difference: define transformations of objects, not flow of actions. 