Resources for Learning Salesforce Lightning

Awesome Resources for Learning Salesforce Lightning

JavaScript, Programming, Salesforce,

At Dreamforce 2014, Salesforce announced they were changing the Salesforce User Interface to make it simpler to use. The new User Interface is called Salesforce Lightning. In my blog post, What is Salesforce Lightning I cover a lot more about what it is and how development differs from using Apex and Visualforce.

If you don’t have any experience with JavaScript, it will make programming Salesforce Lightning a lot more difficult. I strong recommend having a look at my blog post Resources for Learning JavaScript before you dive into learning Salesforce Lightning because JavaScript is what’s used predominantly in the controller now.

In the last two years or so, there’s been a steady increase in the number of resources that have become available for learning lightning. I launched my first lightning component as part of an AppExchange product about a year ago and have been doing lots of lightning, react and node development since then. I believe that all Salesforce Developers will need to learn and master javascript to avoid becoming irrelevant and unemployable in the next couple of years. …

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Using Promises in Salesforce Lightning

Using Promises in Salesforce Lightning

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It’s no secret that Salesforce Lightning is changing the way we develop for Salesforce. At Dreamforce 2014, Salesforce introduced Salesforce Lightning and it is proving to change a lot of things we do on the platform and I’m sure it will make things a lot better for users in the long term. If you aren’t already familiar with Salesforce Lightning then you need to read my post called What is Salesforce Lightning.…

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How to Add Third Party JavaScript Libraries to Salesforce Lightning

How to Add Third Party JavaScript Libraries to Salesforce Lightning

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It’s not secret that Salesforce Lightning is a huge shift away from Visualforce and Apex, I feel like I’ve had to relearn years of development and lean heavily on my javascript development experienced. If you aren’t sure what Salesforce Lightning is or aren’t sure why it’s a huge shift, you need to read my blog article called what is salesforce lightning.

What is a Third Party Library

Third party libraries allow developers to build quickly and take advantage of other people’s abstractions to avoid having to spend time working around browser issues or etc. In JavaScript, third party libraries and code reuse are all of the rage. A third party library is basically anything your team personally write and require for your project to work. …

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5 Resources for Learning JavaScript

5 Resources for Learning JavaScript

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Traditionally when somebody said JavaScript, they were talking about a language that just did stuff on the client side like form validation or the occasional animation or UI enhancement. For years now, JavaScript has been all of the rage. Most new technology startups are now using JavaScript on the frontend, and on their backend services. …

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Salesforce Developers Need to Learn JavaScript Today

Salesforce Developers Need to Learn JavaScript Today

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Over the years, it’s been possible for Salesforcce Developers to avoid needing to learn JavaScript because things could usually be done through a combination of apex and visualforce. If you don’t know JavaScript and you are a Salesforce Developer, you need to really consider finishing this post and learning JavaScript. …

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