Cloud9 asked for a review of the new cloud-based Salesforce Development Environment from Jeff Arwady, Senior Salesforce Developer. Here are some screen shots to help walk you through the process. You can read the full review on https://c9.io/blog

1. Cloud9 for Salesforce
Developers
First Impressions of the Beta
By Jeff Arwady, Senior Salesforce Developer for ASM Services

2. Create a New Workspace
The button that cannot be missed.

3. Create a New Workspace
Can’t screw this up! ;-)

4. Connect to Salesforce
No need to use your Security Token!
(and there was much rejoicing...yay…)

5. Cloud9 for Salesforce - Inside Your IDE
Your Cloud9 Salesforce IDE Workspace - a dichotomous
combination of remarkable productivity and simplicity.

6. A very convenient drop-down menu gives you access to
your meta-xml via the “Show Hidden Files” menu item.
Dropdown Menu

7. The Force.com immediate query window is seamless and
works exactly like you would intuit.
Force.com Immediate Query Window

8. For Execute Anonymous there is still some work
to be done. Here for example, you’d need to
use shift + enter to make a new line. Also don’t
be a putz and forget the semicolon...oh wait…
Execute Anonymous

9. The “Refresh from Salesforce” menu item will refresh all
folders in your project from Salesforce.
Refresh from Salesforce

10. Having collapsible code block sections is just
one of the many easy-to-use and helpful features
in the code editor.
Collapsible Code Block

11. Visualforce looks great in Cloud9!
VisualForce

12. Cloud9 supports all of your Lightning Development!
Lightning

13. You’ll still be relying on Salesforce’s Apex Test
Execution to test your code in the initial release.
Salesforce Apex Test Execution

14. My favorite feature of the Developer Console is the
aggregate code coverage - avail yourself of it!
Aggregate Code Coverage

15. Packages and Outbound Changesets will still be
your tools of choice for deployment.
Packages and Outbound Changesets

17. is a Senior Salesforce
Developer for ASM
Services in
Southfield, MI.
Jeff Arwady