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 […]
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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 […]
Continue readingHow 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 […]
Continue readingRepeating 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. […]
Continue readingLet’s build a Map Application using Leaflet and Lightning Components
Salesforce’s Lightning component system is quite a robust framework where you can build full pledged single-page applications in a heartbeat. I especially like it’s built-in SLDS (styles), so all you have to really think about is the logic of your application. In this walk trough, we’re building a real life map application with Lightning. We’re […]
Continue readingBuild a Basic Page with Salesforce Data using Heroku Connect and NodeJS
This is a tutorial on how to fetch Salesforce Data from an external NodeJS application. To be more specific, we’re grabbing records in a SF custom object via Heroku Connect. Note that Heroku Connect utilizes an internal Postgres Database, to keep a “replica” of the data in Salesforce. Heroku Connect does a “poll” of this […]
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