Getting force.com environment for development or exploring the platform

Force.com is an web based platform ,to get environment you need an (web user id and password). according to force.com platform the user id must be in the form of an email id . like myaccount@domainname.com ,if you don't have any email id no problem maintain the user id string like email format but using an live email id is helpful for remembrance but in large team development environment maintain string is better.

To open an account you need a registration page  so the the following URL you get an free developer account

http://www.developerforce.com/events/regular/registration.php?d=70130000000EjHb  or in the following page http://developer.force.com/ look for Get a Free Developer Edition 

At the time of developer account creation ,yours account must be a email string format ,and you will notice a email colum there u need to give a valid email if it will useful to get authentication system validation string and security token for development so please give there a valid email id.


After clicking the page provide the details yours sales force account (environment is created ).

About force.com or sales force learning skills for developers , Admins and Managers

force.com platform is like any others software platforms like Java ,oracle ,SAP,etc..,.But it is one of the market leading could  platforms works using any supported browsers.

Any body want learn about force.com technologies ,there is very good documentation in http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Documentation but here you have lot of documentation is there with out anybody guidance it is little bit difficult  to navigating the website  for experienced programmers also it gives starting trouble.
If you followed some blogs or spoke with somebody who know the platform  or watching related videos 5 min that is very easy learning things in the platform.But it is not that much difficult you need to know how to search things following blogs or  developer forum help which is properly maintained by force.com developers a very good resource http://boards.developerforce.com/sforce/?category.id=developers.

Right now you understand how to use sales force resources. Suppose I am  learning a new programming i will get lot for question like
                                  1.What is the advantage of this programming language  or platform ,how is it is different from other programming languages ,what are the components available in this programming languages how i can use this programming language like lot of questions am stopping this argument here. and explaining how to learn the skills.

Suppose if you want learning developer and admins points of view first you need environment.Here yours question is
how to get  force.com environment ?.
Getting force.com environment for development or exploring the platform