[cosmodisk]

I work with Salesforce,so I'm quite familiar with the ecosystem. I think a lot people on HN would have a hard time believing the kind of apps that exist on AppExchange and the number of companies that are willing to spend money on them.

[mattmanser]

I've not worked with Salesforce for a long time, but it used to have the worst language I've ever used. Some sort of crazy Java/SQL hybrid. And the dev tool for it was written in Adobe Air.

Is it still like that or have they moved on?

[cosmodisk]

Yes and no. Apex, the backend language,is still probably 5-7 years behind where JAVA/.Net is, but considering the type of development that is being done with it, it's not that bad. Then,on the from end it's all JavaScript and their component based Lightning framework. Tooling? I'm working with VSCode and there's some relatively recent CI/CD related stuff that makes the process better.

[Workaholic_87]

I work at one of the mammoth consulting firms doing Salesforce implementation work for Fortune 50 enterprises, and you would be amazed at the amount of client value derived (and the # of licenses sold) utilizing the AppExchange

[cosmodisk]

I do know that the value can be huge- we are using a number of them in our org too. Heck,I even wrote some smaller Lighting components myself( working on another as I type), which boosted productivity quite a lot.

[michaelbuckbee]

Hey, I've done a lot of work in the Salesforce owned (adjacent) Heroku marketplace. I'd love to connect and chat sometime about the ecosystem if you'd be up for it.

My email's in my profile.

[cosmodisk]

Sure.Will drop you a message at some point next week.

[tixocloud]

Given the number of companies already leveraging the marketplace, do you still see opportunities for new companies to come in? And are most opportunities focused on a vertical niche?