What is Salesforce 1 Lightning App Builder? “Salesforce Lightning reduces the time needed to bring apps to market by 70 percent”.

Businesses have become accustomed to the changing technological landscape. With over a million

and more applications in app stores across different platforms, app developers are finding it

extremely challenging to follow traditional app development, which is relatively slow and

cumbersome. There’s a need to design and build apps faster and more intuitive and reliable. It is

crucial to select a technology that offers speed with lesser IT dependencies.

Lightning AppBuilder – the latest addition to Salesforce1 mobile development platform, helps build

engaging apps with point and click ease. Anyone can design apps quickly for devices such as tablet,

laptops, desktops, smartphones, phablets, and wearable gadgets with the Salesforce1 platform. IT

professionals can also design apps in minutes that used to take days, as there is no need to code

since Standard, Custom and AppExchange components offer drag and drop tools.

Different components of App Builder

Lightning AppBuilder offers different components for easy customization. A set of different

customizable, reusable, elements that can be drag and drop onto the canvas area (where you build

your page):

1. Standard Components: A set of default components offered by AppBuilder. It supports the

following components: Filter List, Recent Items, Rich Text, Report Chart and more.

2. Custom Components: A set of components created either by you or someone. Custom

components support modifications.

3. AppExchange Components: A set of third party components that are pre-built and ready to

use. Components from AppExchange can also be used with custom built components.

Features of Lightning App Builder

Responsive Design: Easy to design apps for any device screen provides optimized user

experience.

Tech-savvy: Lightning component framework support HTML5 and CSS.

Drag and Drop Feature: Easy drag and drop interface makes it easier for technical as well as

non-technical users to design apps with standard and custom lightning components.

Instant ready-to-use app wireframes: Apps are instantly ready to be used as no validation

process is required. All the component get tested while building the apps.

Benefits

Design apps quickly in minutes

Responsive

Build engaging apps without code

Use existing web browser technologies such as HTML 5 and CSS

More customization options available

Lightning App Builder runs on Salesforce1 platform and is aimed at building apps quickly. With the

prominence of mobile devices, wearable devices and smartphones today, responsive design has

become a necessity for businesses. Salesforce1 Lightning AppBuilder, one of the new PaaS

Salesforce Services helps businesses to manage and improve the speed at which apps are developed

by either technical or non-technical users. Companies such as Seagate, The Financial Times, Ocado,

Philips and more trust Salesforce to build apps.