Summary

In this chapter, you have learned how to extend the reach of your Force Platform applications beyond the confines of your specific organization and its users. The Force Platform includes the ability to receive and send email messages, which you can use to interact with people who are not users of your Force Platform environment.

As you learned about these email services and their implementation, you also discovered how to create PDFs from Visualforce pages, which allowed you to translate information from your Force Platform environment into a portable format for sharing with a broader audience.

Finally, you learned how to use Visualforce to create email templates, which can be combined with those email services to deliver information to users outside your organization in a more attractive fashion.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to open up your Force Platform environment even further.