A few Apex tips that I’ve picked up along the way

A few Apex tips that I’ve picked up along the way

Salesforce’s server side language is called Apex. Apex is a strongly typed, object-oriented language that many say looks like Java. The language is strongly tied to the database and other objects in Salesforce, as well as its front end counterpart – Lightning. As a side note, having written loosely typed languages all my life, Apex […]

Salesforce’s LWC (Lightning Web Components) – My First Thoughts

Salesforce’s LWC (Lightning Web Components) – My First Thoughts

Oh no, another JavaScript framework to learn. At first, it sounds bad. But its a good thing actually. Because being stagnant in coding is bad. Always learning new things is the way to go. Besides, newer frameworks (especially in JavaScript) show what older frameworks could’ve done better. This is the case with Lightning Web Components […]

How to create simple Pagination using Lightning components and Apex

How to create simple Pagination using Lightning components and Apex

Let’s build something every web application needs in their results page: Pagination (aka Paging). This technique is necessary so we don’t bombard our users with all the items in our result page. Instead, we show them in “chunks” or “sets” of results. This is a very simplistic example – all we’re doing is a set […]

Repeating Inputs in Salesforce Lightning Components

Repeating Inputs in Salesforce Lightning Components

What we’re building: An input field that can be duplicated (repeated) as part of a form. This is particularly useful when you want to capture information that you want to separate in different lines, and you don’t really want to use a textarea. This way, we’re forcing our user’s to enter a value per input.  […]