SuiteCloud Developer Tools

I've had a chance to listen in on a condensed version of the webinar that discusses developer tools for the SuiteCloud platform. I have personally worked in the Netsuite platform for about a year and have worked with SuiteTalk and SuiteScript development tools to integrate a standalone e-commerce application into Netsuite. Although I do have administrative privileges, I have not thoroughly explored the available development tools that are offered by Netsuite.

Netsuite is a SaaS-based ERP/CRM system with plugins to build a standalone e-commerce website. SuiteCloud platform offers 6 development tools, namely SuiteBuilder, SuiteFlow, SuiteScript, SuiteTalk, SuiteAnalytics, and finally SuiteBundler. As a SaaS platform, customization done with SuiteCloud development tools will not lock you into a particular version of Netsuite hence eliminating "version-lock".

Here is the summary of available tools:

SuiteBuilder:

SuiteBuilder is a graphical interface that you'll use to log in to Netsuite and customization your application forms, custom fields, custom records, sub-tabs, and field groupings. If you've used Netsuite, you've used SuiteBuilder one way or another.

SuiteFlow Workflow:

SuiteFlow is the tool used to customize and automate business processes across Netsuite and other business systems. You'll use SuiteFlow to automate the business processes so that members of your team can focus on business not process.

SuiteScript:

SuiteScript allows developers to extend the functionality of Netsuite, and build business logic within Netsuite. SuiteScript uses industry-standard Javascript is the programming language of choice. For more information about SuiteScript developer resources, please review Netsuite SuiteScript Developer Resources

SuiteTalk:

SuiteTalk is a web service provided by Netsuite, which may be used to integrate other 3rd party applications into Netsuite. Netsuite offers SOAP-based APIs for Java, .NET, and PHP languages. For information on how to setup SuiteTalk for the first time, please review PHP Web Service

SuiteAnalytics:

SuiteAnalytics offers a graphical toolset such as portlet to create self-serving analytics like the KPI Scorecard dashboard.

SuiteBundler:

SuiteBundler is an application packaging and distribution tool used to move Netsuite customizations between the sandbox and production environment or use it to package and deploy customizations for VAR purposes.