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Building An Application On The SugarCRM Platform
John Mertic
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Who Am I?
John Mertichttp://jmertic.wordpress.comTwitter: @jmerticjmertic@sugarcrm.com ( Work )jmertic@php.net ( PHP )Community Manager for SugarCRM
http://www.sugarcrm.comRead our blog at http://developers.sugarcrm.com/wordpress
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My books
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http://amzn.to/enioPVhttp://t.co/UFRHNSO
What is SugarCRM?
Why build on SugarCRM?
Examples of building on SugarCRM
Customer Relationship Management
What is CRM?
CRM is about Customers
CRM is about Growing and Retaining Customers
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SugarCRM: The World’s Fastest Growing CRM Company
Business The world’s fastest growing CRM company
$46M in financing from NEA, DFJ, & Walden Intl.
Founded April 2004; 150+ Employees; Cupertino, CA
Market Traction 8,000+ customers in 80+ countries
800,000+ users on 80,000+systems
World’s 3rd largest CRM company (by user count)
220+ partners on five continents
Growth/Momentum Cash flow positive
Over 52% billings growth FY 2010 vs FY 2009
7 consecutive quarters of record growth
More than 2,200 new customers in FY 2010
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Why build on Sugar?
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Business Software
Business Software ( Developers Perspective )
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Why not just use one of the million existing web frameworks?
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So what does SugarCRM give you?
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Modular Design
MVC Framework
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Metadata Driven Views
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User Authentication and Access Control
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External Services Integration
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Web Services API
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Ease of Administration
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Easy to use developer tools
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Upgrade safeness
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So let’s build a business application
Let’s build an application to manage a conference
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MotivatiCon needs
Manage attendeesHandle incoming attendee registration
Manage speakersAllow session submission from the webManage the Call for Papers processTrack session feedback
Manage sponsorsStill allow them to update the application easily in the future
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Demo Time!
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Resources
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http://www.sugarforge.org
http://amzn.to/enioPV
http://t.co/UFRHNSO
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SugarCRM Community
Join the Monthly Community Webinar
When: 3rd Wednesday of each month at 15:00 GMT
Where: WebEx ( http://bit.ly/iJANYC )
More information athttp://developers.sugarcrm.com/wordpress/?p=2320
Questions?
Slides available on SlideShare
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