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Introduction to Visualforce The Beginners Guide to a Custom UI Samantha Ready, Developer Evangelist @samantha_ready Eric Wilson, Product Management Director

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Out of the box, the Force.com Platform can automatically generate user interfaces, but in some cases you might want to build a more custom UI. Join us to learn about Visualforce, the component-based UI framework that lets you build attractive, dynamic, reusable user interfaces. This webinar is tailored for beginner developers as well as Salesforce administrators. Watch this webinar to learn about: :: Common use cases :: Leveraging Apex code on the server side :: Debugging techniques :: Best practices for efficient and responsive pages

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Introduction to Visualforce The Beginner’s Guide to a Custom UI

Samantha Ready, Developer Evangelist @samantha_ready Eric Wilson, Product Management Director

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What can you do with Visualforce?

§  Framework to build custom user interfaces §  Hosted natively on Force.com

§  Build streamlined UX

§  Create internal and public facing pages §  Customize for different devices

§  Leverage other web technologies

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Model View Controller (MVC) Pattern Model Controller

View

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Model View Controller (MVC) Pattern Your Data Your Logic

Your Interface

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Model View Controller (MVC) Pattern Standard and

Custom Objects Standard

Controllers and Apex

Visualforce

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MVC Example

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Visualforce Markup

§  Visualforce tags •  80+ standard components

•  Custom components

§  Works with all standard web technologies including:

•  CSS

•  JavaScript

•  HTML

•  Flash

•  Any other Web-Enabled Code

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What do standard components look like?

apex: or chatter: prefix

Component name(examples: tables, repeats,

forms, etc)

Attributes to define component

Reference field (using dot notation)

Data binding to objects and class

variables

Merge field to define attribute (can also be a

string literal in some cases)

<apex:outputField value = “{!Restaurant__c.Address__c}” >

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Visualforce Controllers

§  Provides access to data §  Logic for handling UI interaction

§  Standard Controllers •  Same functionality as standard pages

–  Save, delete, field access etc.

§  Custom Controllers •  Written in Apex

•  Override standard behavior

•  Controller Extensions

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What does that look like in code?

Standard or custom objects

Defined at the page level

Custom controller logic

to extend standard

controllers

Inherit standard CRUD functionality.

If only using custom controllers, use controller=“controllerName”

= = <apex:page standardController “Restaurant__c” > extensions “yelpExtension, con2”

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How can I customize Visualforce?

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The Developer Console

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What can you do with Visualforce?

Custom Pages Dashboard Components

Custom Tabs Charts

Embedded Sections in Detail Pages

Implement Custom Logic

Email Templates

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What else can you do with Visualforce?

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Rich User Interfaces

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Complete Web Apps

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Mashups

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Mobile Visualforce

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BUT…

•  Visualforce is NOT your first line of defense •  Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is

essential

•  Visualforce has limits

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First Line of Defense

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Proficiency in Web Technologies

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Proficiency in Web Technologies

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Limits

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If nothing else, remember this…

§  Visualforce is powerful – use it judiciously

§  If you don’t know basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript concepts, no amount of Visualforce magic will help you

§  Pay attention to performance at all times

§  If you don’t know … ASK

http://developer.force.com | Boards | Visualforce

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Next Steps §  developer.force.com

§  http://bit.ly/IntroVF-pkg §  http://bit.ly/visualforce-workbook

§  Advanced Visualforce Webinar

§  “7 Habits of Highly Efficient Visualforce Pages”

§  “Building the New AppExchange Using Responsive Design”

DF Recorded Sessions

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Upcoming Events

December 5, 2012 Advanced Visualforce Webinar http://bit.ly/advvf-in

December 11, 2012 AppExchange for Developers Webinar http://bit.ly/appex-in

Check out the Developer Force calendar for upcoming local events such as meetups, workshops, and user group meetings: http://developer.force.com/Calendar

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Q&A

Samantha Ready Developer Evangelist,

@samantha_ready

Eric Wilson Product Management Director

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