Recently I [blogged about a toolchain][1] that quickly gets you going with the Salesforce REST APIs. I believe developers should be able to get started with new technologies without having to install tons of stuff and struggle for days. That blog used [Quick Force Node][2] for those who want to use JavaScript / Node.js. I've had a number of requests for a Java version of this toolchain so I created [Quick Force Java][3].

Check out a screencast that shows how to start with nothing, deploy a Salesforce REST app on Heroku, setup OAuth, setup a local dev environment, make & test changes to the app, and then deploy those changes back to the cloud (all in under 12 minutes):
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/srGKlKjqG9Y?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  

[Try out Quick Force Java][3] and let me know how it goes!

 [1]: http://www.jamesward.com/2016/01/13/salesforce-rest-apis-from-zero-to-cloud-to-local-dev-in-minutes
 [2]: https://github.com/jamesward/quick-force-node
 [3]: https://github.com/jamesward/quick-force-java