New to BrainEngine? Here are some key facts for those migrating over from the Force.com IDE.
1. Are my projects organized the same?
Yes. BrainEngine allows you to create projects just like you do in the Force.com IDE.
2. How do I work with BrainEngine?
BrainEngine works vastly different than the Force.com IDE. In the Force.com IDE you work with local metadata files and then apply them back to the server.
With BrainEngine, any item that you work with inside the Solution Explorer is immediately applied to the server when you save the item. Any errors that occur during the save process will be displayed to the end user and the change will be canceled.
For items within the Repository Explorer, changes are not applied back to the server unless invoked by the "Apply Changes" operation.
3. How do I execute queries?
You can execute one or more queries by simply double clicking on an object in the Solution Explorer. You build queries in the same manner as you did in the Force.com IDE by simply checking the field you wish to add to the query statement.
4. How do I download metadata?
Simple right click on the project node and select Download Metadata. From there, BrainEngine provides 2 ways to download your metadata.
Basic - Allows you to select from a group of categories to download into your local repository.
Advanced - Allows you to select which individual metadata items you wish to download to your local repository.
5. Applying Metadata Changes
From the Repository Explorer, simply right click on the item you with to update and select Apply Changes.
6. How do I deploy changes?
Simple right click on the project node and select Deployment. From there, BrainEngine provides 2 ways to deploy your changes.
Code - Allows you to select which Class and Triggers you wish to deploy. BrainEngine also allows you to view the differences between your source file and the target file.
Metadata - Allows you to select which individual metadata items you wish to deploy to your target system.