Many of you have been asking about the Second Edition of the "Creating On-Demand Applications" book. Well, it is now available as a free download to ADN members. If you are not an ADN member, join for free and get access to the e-book and many moe ADN benefits.

For those who are new to the ADN community, here is a brief description:

This book is the single
best way to get started building on-demand applications! It provides
practical, step-by-step coverage of the Apex platform and how you can
use it to build your own on-demand solutions quickly and easily.
Revised and expanded, this 250-page second edition PDF is fully
up-to-date, and includes new sections on reporting and dashboards,
approvals, time-based workflow, custom object queues, validation rules,
default field values, search layouts, and more!