Dec 22

Salesforce Spring ’21 Release Notes

Salesforce Spring ’21 Release Notes

All you need to know about Salesforce Spring ’21 Release Notes

Salesforce Spring ’21 Release Notes: We understand that it is difficult and a bit time-consuming to go through the entire release so here we offer to help you learn and grow in the salesforce world by presenting the summary and my most favorite feature of Salesforce Spring’ 21 Release Notes.

Salesforce Spring 21 Release Notes Summary

Do More with Opportunity Products

Give your sales team more flexibility to track information on opportunity product records. For example, a rep wants to track two delivery locations in a related list for an opportunity product record. Now you can create an object relationship and page layout to make it happen.

How: In your object management settings, create a lookup relationship between any standard or custom object and Opportunity Product (the OpportunityLineItem object). Make sure that the lookup field and related list are added to the page layouts where you want them to appear.

Opportunity Products

In this example, the Location custom object has a lookup relationship with Opportunity Product.Now reps can track the North Beach and Downtown delivery locations on the product record.

Share Records with Manual Sharing

With manual sharing in Lightning Experience, you now can share records and manage record shares in a new streamlined interface. Previously, you switched to Salesforce Classic to give specific users and user groups access to records.

Why: Click Sharing on the record that you want to share. In the Share window, you can manage who the record is shared with and share any associated records. Manual shares are available only for accounts, opportunities, cases, contacts, leads, and custom objects

Share in Lightning

End of Support for Internet Explorer 11 in Lightning Experience

Extended Support for IE11 ends on December 31, 2020. IE11 users see a permanent banner in their Salesforce org, indicating that they’re on an unsupported browser. Customers using IE11 aren’t blocked from accessing Lightning Experience, but features aren’t guaranteed to work correctly. New features are supported and available only on modern browsers.

Create More Roles

In Salesforce orgs created in Spring ’21 or later, you can create up to 5,000 roles. In existing orgs, the default limit hasn’t changed. You can create up to 500 roles and can contact Salesforce Customer Support to increase this limit. Keep in mind that to improve performance, it’s best to set up roles based on data access and eliminate any roles that aren’t needed.

SOQL Improvements

alesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) now makes it easy to include pre-defined groupings of fields within a query statement using the new FIELDS() function.In previous versions of SOQL, retrieving fields meant specifying all the names of all the fields you wanted to retrieve.he new FIELDS() function lets you select all the fields without knowing their names in advance. This eliminates the need for a round-trip to the server to prepare a SOQL statement, eliminates the need for research and a lot of typing, simplifies query statements, and makes it much easier to explore the shape of your objects.

How: Use FIELDS(ALL), FIELDS(STANDARD), or FIELDS(CUSTOM) in your SELECT statements. 

For example, “Select FIELDS(ALL) from Account Limit 200 ;”

Analyze Performance For Lightning Pages Viewed on a Phone

Performance Analysis in App Builder now assesses record page performance for the phone form factor. New tabs in the Page Analysis window give you separate results for a Lightning record page when it loads on a desktop and on a phone so you can design your page for optimal performance on both.

How: To view the assessment of your record page’s performance, click Analyze from the Lightning App Builder toolbar.

Page Performance Ligthning

UI Changes for Lightning Web Component

To enhance usability and performance, some components were switched from Aura components to Lightning Web Components (LWC). There are no reductions in functionality, but there are some minor UI differences.

How: When your users try to edit a record that they don’t have access to, now they get an error message after they try to save instead of after the initial edit form loads. This change makes the error behavior consistent across forms, detail pages, and inline editing.

When your users create, edit, or clone accounts, leads, contacts, and opportunities, the edited fields are now highlighted. Edited fields also show an undo button to revert changes. Errors now appear in the footer instead of at the top of the page. Errors messages are hidden automatically after users click a link within the error message. Previously, highlights, undo, and footer errors were available only for custom objects.

Success toast notifications for creating and cloning records now provide a link to the relevant record. Previously, links were included only when creating a record from a related list. For success toasts, if a record name isn’t available, the record ID is provided instead.

More Support for Dynamic Actions

Assign actions in the Lightning App Builder instead of the page layout, and apply filters to control when and where actions appear for users.

How: To add an action in any of the dynamic actions scenarios, click Add Action (1) in the properties pane. In the Actions modal, choose an action and click Add Filter (2) to assign visibility rules based on record field, device type, and other filters. An eye icon Eye icon indicates visibility rules are appled to action. (3) next to an action’s name indicates that visibility rules are applied. If you migrated actions from a page layout, you can modify them in the Actions modal.

Dynamic Actions

Dynamic Actions

Better User Experience with Release Notes on Salesforce Help

The main Salesforce Release Notes moved to Salesforce Help where they now live in harmony with our help and other technical content plus the release notes for Commerce Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Customer 360. Quite simply, the Release Notes on Salesforce Help provide the best experience for you, our customers. Continue to enjoy the features you know and love, such as version switching and easy PDF downloads, while you also get better search, filtering, case logging, feedback options, and more. Find it all in a cleaner and easier to use interface.

Release Notes Help

Permissions Removed for Guest Users

Salesforce is removing the View All, Modify All, edit, and delete object permissions on all objects for guest users in new and existing orgs. These permissions are removed for custom objects and standard objects. Guest users can only have read and create object permissions.

How: The View All, Modify All, edit, and delete object permissions are permanently removed and can’t be enabled for guest users in profiles or permission sets.Guest users also lose access to other permissions that are included in those permission sets and permission set groups.If guest users are removed from permissions sets or permission set groups because they have the Modify All, View All, edit, or delete object permissions, and lose other functionality, clone the permission set with the permissions allowed, and assign the new permission set to the guest user.

Embed Lightning Scheduler Flows into Other Flows

Lightning Scheduler flow type now supports subflows. You can call a Lightning Scheduler flow from within another flow that is of the Lightning Scheduler flow type. For example, you can create and add a simple Lightning Scheduler flow to the account page that asks users whether they want to create or modify an appointment, and then it launches the related flow.

How: Create a Lightning Scheduler flow. In Flow Builder, drag the Subflow element onto the canvas. In the Referenced Flow field, search for and select a Lightning Scheduler service appointment flow.

Lightning Flow

Track Accounts as Campaign Members (Beta)

You can now add account records as members of a campaign. Focus your attention on important accounts in the tables, related lists, and reports that contain campaign members.

How: Turn on the Accounts as Campaign Members setting in Salesforce Setup. Updated and new reports become available. To see campaigns on your account records, add the Campaign History and Campaigns related lists to your account page layout.

Build Your Own (LWR)

Build Fast, Efficient Experiences with the Build Your Own (LWR) Template (Generally Available)

The Build Your Own (LWR) template, which was previously available as a pilot program, is now generally available. Develop blazing fast digital experiences, such as websites, microsites, and portals, using the Lightning Web Components programming model. Powered by the new Lightning Web Runtime (LWR), this customizable template delivers unparalleled page performance and improves developer productivity.

n addition to providing exceptional performance, the template:

  • Provides custom URL paths for unauthenticated sites, meaning no more /s cluttering up your site’s URL—for example, https://mycustomdomain.com/mypage.
  • Supports the development of reusable Lightning web components and themes that follow modern web standards.
  • Includes Apex and User Interface API support, so you can access Salesforce records, SOSL, and more, to provide data-rich experiences for your customers.

Build Your Own LWR

Find out more details here.

lightning:navigation in Aura Sites

lightning:navigation in Aura Sites Now Supports generateUrl with More actionNames

The lightning:navigation component now supports generateURL using a pageReference with the New, Edit, and Clone actionNames. Previously, only the View actionName was supported. Standard record pages with edit and clone actions and standard object pages with a new action now return a URL that can be used to navigate to the action specified by the pageReference. The behavior of the navigate call usinglightning:navigation hasn’t changed.

Original Territory Management Is Being Retired

The original territory management feature is scheduled for retirement as of Summer ’21. After the feature is retired, users can’t access the original territory management feature and its underlying data. We encourage you to migrate to Enterprise Territory Management.

Add or Remove Drop Shadows in the Tile Menu Component

Use the new Show drop shadow setting to choose whether to show a drop shadow on your tile images in the Tile Menu component. Previously, the drop shadow was always on by default.

Access Custom Metadata Type Records Using Static Methods

Use the Apex getAll(),  getInstance(recordId),  getInstance(qualifiedApiName),  and  getInstance(developerName) methods to retrieve information from custom metadata type records faster. These methods don’t rely on the SOQL engine and return the sObject details directly from the call.

Why: The following example uses the getAll() method. The custom metadata type named Games has a field called GameType. This example determines if the field value of the first record is equal to the string PC.

List<Games__mdt> mcs = Games__mdt.getall().values();
boolean textField = null;
if (mcs[0].GameType__c == 'PC') {
   textField = true;
}
system.assertEquals(textField, true);

Convert Leads to a Person Account and a Business Account at the Same Time with New LeadConvert Methods

If your customers include individuals and groups, your sales teams can associate converted leads with a person account and a business account simultaneously. For example, a bank can create person accounts for each member of a family and group the family into a business account.

How: For Salesforce orgs that use APEX Lead Convert, Person Accounts, and Contacts to Multiple Accounts, new methods are available on the LeadConvert() class. These methods allow converting leads into a business account and a person account instead of contact. More Details can be found here.

Features Deprecated /Retired:

Below are the Features worth noting that has been deprecated or Retried:

Salesforce Spring 21 Release Date

For the Spring ‘21 Release, Salesforce will upgrade the preview instances to Spring ‘21 on January 8 and January 9, 2021, and non-preview instances to Spring ‘21 on February 12 and February 13, 2021. Click on this link for more details.

Salesforce Spring ’21 Release Date Schedule Calendar

Salesforce Spring 21 Release Calendar

For more details on the release calendar, please visit salesforce website.

Stay Safe. Happy Learning 🙂

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Oct 10

Best practices for Salesforce Integration Testing

Salesforce Integration Testing

Best practices for Salesforce Integration Testing

A robust Salesforce integration testing would entail the collation of test information, selection of the right test tools, following the naming conventions, ensuring total test coverage, and taking the agile approach, among others.

Best practices for Salesforce Integration Testing

Enterprises are digitizing in a big way to streamline their operations and deliver the best quality products to their customers. And when customers are the main force behind the success of an enterprise, ignoring their interests or downplaying their queries/issues can be an unmitigated disaster. Salesforce is a powerful Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that helps enterprises to recognize and manage customer interactions throughout the product lifecycle. As a popular CRM tool, Salesforce is highly robust, customizable, configurable, and extensible. Comprising several applications, Salesforce helps businesses to reinforce customer relations and interactions, and client retention thereby leading to their growth.

Any CRM platform like Salesforce has become important in today’s business milieu where enterprises need to manage their relationship with customers once a product is delivered. The platform provides systems, technologies, strategies, and practices to reinforce customer interaction throughout the product lifecycle. Salesforce has myriad applications with which it needs robust integration and interoperability to run various functionalities. This calls for executing Salesforce integration testing covering all modules namely, accounts, campaigns, reports, leads, and contacts, among others.

Why Salesforce testing?

The CRM suite ensures proper management of customer interactions with the organization. It is only by understanding and addressing the concerns of the customers that organizations can ensure customer satisfaction and stay competitive. Salesforce application testing helps to validate the functionalities and their configurations as per the agreed business objectives. Such testing allows for early identification (and fixing) of glitches in the application development process thereupon ensuring the product addresses the needs of the customers.

List of Best practices for Salesforce integration testing

As mentioned above, Salesforce is the sum-total of applications that execute various functionalities aimed at addressing customer issues and strengthening the interaction. However, these applications should have proper integration among themselves and with the mother software suite (Salesforce) to deliver superior outcomes. Hence, a proper Salesforce testing framework should be established to take care of the integration issues. The best practices to follow while pursuing such testing are mentioned below:

# Collate information: Collate a comprehensive list of all test case scenarios and possible technical exceptions. For each scenario, the expected results and actions to be performed should be documented. Thereafter, test data should be created to validate each scenario.

# Right testing tools: To get the best results, use the right debugging tools offered by the latest browsers combined with the test classes. For example, you may use a powerful object-oriented and case-sensitive proprietary programming language called Apex to execute programmed functions like updates, deletions, custom links, and record insertion, among others.

# Follow naming conventions: Before writing test cases for Salesforce test automation, it is important to name the test methods appropriately. The test methods should comprise the below-mentioned parts:

  • Name of the method – insert/delete/update/undelete
  • Information about the test path – null contact or valid

# Total coverage: Even though the Salesforce directive is to cover about 75% of the code while conducting unit tests, one should aim at covering 100% of the code. Test all cases (positive or negative) as well as data (present or absent). Follow the below-mentioned tips to ensure 100% test coverage.

  • Refresh the code coverage numbers while running Salesforce automated testing
  • Rerun the tests when there has been an update in the business
  • The test coverage depends on the number of code lines. So, if the codes lines are added or deleted, the coverage percentage will be impacted accordingly.

# Test cases with classes and controllers: Developers, in order to make coding portable, organized, readable, and reusable, often create separate classes and controllers for each function. So, even though this enhances the readability of the code, there is not much improvement in its efficiency. Portability can be achieved when the test code is in the original class and there are minimal chances of missing a test class during migration from sandbox to production.

# Agile approach: In this approach, the software application is developed in small incremental builds wherein testers work concurrently and iteratively (using test automation) to evaluate the code.

# Synchronization with current operations: One of the principal features of any distinct Salesforce functional testing is its synchronization with the current operations. So, it is important to verify the test results against reference data signifying quality.

Conclusion

Since Salesforce functionalities add value to the organization, they need to be validated against expected parameters and reference data. Thus, a proper Salesforce integration testing plan should ensure the application build simplifies, streamlines, and enhances the business systems.

 

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Sep 11

Workflow in Salesforce

Workflow Rules in Salesforce

What is Salesforce Workflow Rules?

Workflow lets you automate standard internal procedures and processes to save time across your org. A workflow rule is the main container for a set of workflow instructions. These instructions can always be summed up in an if/then statement.

For Example: If you have symptoms of Coronavirus then stay at home.

Workflow rules can be broken into two main components.

  1. Criteria: the “if” part of the “if/then” statement. In other words, what must be true of the record for the workflow rule to execute the associated actions.
  2. Actions: the “then” part of the “if/then” statement. In other words, what to do when the record meets the criteria.

In the example, the criteria is “Have Coronavirus Symptoms” and the action is “Stay At home”. If the criteria isn’t met (No Symptoms), then the action isn’t executed.

Salesforce Workflow Rules

Salesforce Workflow Rules

Create a Workflow Rule

Automate your organization’s standard process by creating a workflow rule.

Demo: https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/IqZIFLtEx9rY7AD8QLFE3Q

Create Workflow Rules

Create Workflow Rules

Rule Criteria

Rule Criteria

Add Workflow Criteria

Remember, we are defining ‘IF’ statement criteria using Salesforce Workflow rules and When we need execute this rule.

  1. From Setup, enter Workflow Rules in the Quick Find box, then select Workflow Rules.
  2. Click New Rule.
  3. Choose the object to which you want this workflow rule to apply.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Give the rule a name and description.
  6. Set the evaluation criteria.
    • Created – Evaluate the rule criteria each time a record is created. If the rule criteria is met, run the rule. Ignore all updates to existing records.
    • Created, and every time it’s edited –Evaluate the rule criteria each time a record is created or updated. If the rule criteria are met, run the rule.
    • Created, and any time it’s edited to subsequently meet criteria-(Default) Evaluate the rule criteria each time a record is created or updated.
  7. Enter your rule criteria.
    • Choose criteria are met and select the filter criteria that a record must meet to trigger the rule. For example, set the filter to “Opportunity: Amount greater than 5000” if you want opportunity records with an amount greater than $5,000 to trigger the rule.
    • Choose formula evaluates to true and enter a formula that returns a value of “True” or “False.” Salesforce triggers the rule if the formula returns “True.”
  8. Click Save & Next.

Add Workflow Action

Once you’ve set the criteria for your workflow rule, identify what to do when those criteria are met.

Add an Immediate Action

Immediate actions, like their name suggests, are executed as soon as the workflow rule finishes evaluating the record.

Immediate Action

Immediate Action

  1. Open a workflow rule.
  2. In the Immediate Workflow Actions section, click Add Workflow Action.
  3. Select one of the options to create an action or select an existing one.

 

Below are the Workflow Actions :

  • Email Alert: Email alerts are emails generated by an automated process and sent to designated recipients. These actions consist of the standard text and list of recipients for an email. Refer Email Alert for more details
  • Field Update: Field update actions let you automatically update a field value.  Refer Field Update for more details
  • Flow Trigger: Create a flow trigger so that you can launch a flow from workflow rules. With flow triggers, you can automate complex business processes—create flows to perform logic, and have events trigger the flows via workflow rules—without writing code. For example, your flow looks up and assigns the relevant entitlement for a case.  Refer Flow Trigger for more details
  •  Outbound Message: An outbound message sends information to a designated endpoint, like an external service. You configure outbound messages from Setup. Provide the external endpoint and create a listener for the messages using the SOAP API. You can associate outbound messages with workflow rules, approval processes, or entitlement processes. Refer Outbound Message for more details.
  • Task: Task actions determine the details of an assignment given to a specified user by an automated process. You can associate task actions with workflow rules, approval processes, or entitlement processes. Refer Task for more details.

Add Time-Dependent Action

Time-dependent actions are executed at a specific time, such as 10 days before a record’s close date. When that specific time passes, the workflow rule re-evaluates the record to make sure that it still meets the rule criteria. If the record does, the workflow rule executes those actions.

Time-dependent actions and time triggers are complex features. As you work with time-dependent actions and time triggers, keep in mind their considerations.

If you plan on configuring workflow rules that have time-dependent actions, specify a default workflow user. Salesforce associates the default workflow user with a workflow rule if the user who initiated the rule is no longer active.

Add time Trigger

Add time Trigger

Define Time Trigger

Define Time Trigger

Time Dependent Workflow

Time Dependent Workflow

  1. Open a workflow rule.
  2. In the Time-Dependent Workflow Actions section, click Add Time Trigger.
    NoteNOTE You can’t add a time trigger if:
    • The evaluation criteria is set to Evaluate the rule when a record is: created, and any time it’s edited to subsequently meet criteria.
    • The rule is activated.
    • The rule is deactivated but has pending actions in the workflow queue.
  3. Specify the number of days or hours before or after a date that’s relevant to the record, such as the date the record was created.
    If the workflow rule is still active and valid when this time occurs, the time trigger fires the workflow action.
  4. Save your time trigger.
  5. In the section for the time trigger you created, click Add Workflow Action.
  6. Select one of the options to create an action or select an existing one.
  7. Click Done.

Activate Workflow Rule

Make sure to Active a workflow Rule before start unit testing.

To activate a workflow rule, click Activate on the workflow rule detail page. Click Deactivate to prevent a rule from triggering or if you want to edit the time-dependent actions and time triggers that are associated with the rule.

You can deactivate a workflow rule at any time. However, if you deactivate a rule that has pending actions, Salesforce completes those actions as long as the record that triggered the rule is not updated.

NOTE

  • You can’t delete a workflow rule that has pending actions in the workflow queue. Wait until pending actions are processed, or use the workflow queue to cancel the pending actions.
  • You can’t add time-dependent workflow actions to active workflow rules. Deactivate the workflow rule first, add the time-dependent workflow action, and reactivate the rule.

 

Things to Remember

  1. You can’t delete a workflow rule that has pending actions in the workflow queue. Wait until pending actions are processed, or use the workflow queue to cancel the pending actions.
  2. You can’t add time-dependent workflow actions to active workflow rules. Deactivate the workflow rule first, add the time-dependent workflow action, and reactivate the rule.
  3. TIP Whenever possible, automate your if/then statements with Process Builder instead of workflow rules.
  4. Remember you can also associate an existing action to multiple Workflow rules. Refer Associate Actions to Workflow Rules for more details
  5. Select a Default Workflow User that you want Salesforce to display with a workflow rule when the user that triggered the rule is not active.
    1. From Setup, enter Process Automation Settings in the Quick Find box, then select Process Automation Settings.
    2. For Default Workflow User, select a user.
    3. Save your changes.
  6. You cannot add time-dependent actions to the rule When you select ‘created, and every time it’s edited’ option during the workflow creation,
  7. In workflow Criteria,  You can use merge fields for directly related objects in workflow rule formulas.

 

Happy Learning. Stay home and Stay Safe 🙂

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Aug 29

Salesforce Winter ’21 Release Notes

Salesforce Winter ’21 Release Notes

All you need to know about Salesforce Winter ’21 Release Notes

Salesforce Winter ’21 Release Notes: We understand that it is difficult and a bit time-consuming to go through the entire release so here we offer to help you learn and grow in the salesforce world by presenting the summary and my most favorite feature of Salesforce Winter’ 21 Release Notes.

Salesforce Winter 21 Release Notes

 

Dynamic Forms

Dynamic Forms is the next step in the evolution of Lightning record pages. It adds the ability to configure record detail fields and sections inside the Lightning App Builder. This feature, which is now generally available and enabled for everyone, includes some changes since the beta release.

Dynamic forms add field Salesforce Winter 21

Open an existing record page in the Lightning App Builder, then click Upgrade Now from the Record Detail properties pane to launch the Dynamic Forms migration wizard. With only a few clicks, the wizard adds fields and field sections to the page for you.

Dynamic forms upgrade now properties Salesforce Winter 21

Changes Since Beta:

  • Dynamic Forms is now on for everyone in supported editions. The ability to turn it on and off for your org from the Record Page Settings node in Setup is removed.
  • Universally required fields moved to their own section of the palette and have distinctive icons.
  • Packaging is now supported for pages that contain Dynamic Forms components (Field, Field Section).
  • Enhanced support for Dynamic Forms during edit, create, and clone.
  • Several limitations and known issues are resolved.

Scan a Barcode in a Lightning Web Component (Beta)

Use the BarcodeScanner API to add barcode scanning to your Lightning web components. Scan UPC, QR, and other standard barcode types from Lightning components running on a mobile device. Look up product details, record inventory scans, save contact details from a conference badge—your code, your way!

Scan Barcodes on a Mobile Device (Beta)

Interactively Create Engaging Email Templates

Create email templates faster and more easily with visual tools in Email Template Builder. Instead of adding HTML code, your users can drag elements to create effective email templates. They can compose email templates with a few clicks to place design elements right where they want them.

After creating a Lightning email template, users with the correct permission see the Edit in Builder button.

Lightning Email Template Edit Salesforce Winter 21

Click Edit in Builder to open Email Template Builder.

Email Template Builder annotated Salesforce Winter 21

Choose a component (1) and drag it to the canvas (2). Change the details and style of the component using the properties panel (3).

Sales Productivity ETB WIP Salesforce Winter 21

Display Survey Pages Based on Your Data

Let data in your Salesforce org determine which survey page participants view next. Use variables to define conditions in your page branching logic. Use associated record merge field variables and participant record merge field variables to define field-level conditions. Use org variables to define conditions based on your org’s information. Use custom variables to define conditions based on values that you define.

Salesforce Winter 21 survey merge field branching

Auto Add Fields to Custom Report Types

It’s time-consuming to add new custom fields to your reports, especially when you have many custom report types. Now with Auto Add, custom fields that you add to a Salesforce object are added automatically to all the custom report types based on that object. When you create a report from the custom report type, all the custom fields are right there for you to add to your report.

How: From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Reports and Dashboards Settings, and then select Reports and Dashboards Settings. Select Auto add new custom fields to custom report type layouts and then click Save.

You can now add new custom fields to a report built from an existing custom report type from the Fields pane in the report builder. All custom fields for the Salesforce object are automatically included in the Fields list, and you can drag any of them to the Columns list.

Salesforce Winter 21 report type auto add fields

Salesforce Anywhere

Salesforce Anywhere is the future experience of CRM — making Salesforce real time. Get alerts about changes to the Salesforce data you care about. Update your Salesforce data in just a few taps with suggested actions. Collaborate in context with chat. Search and view your Salesforce data. And integrate Salesforce Anywhere chat and alerts into your business processes with Lightning Flow and Process Builder.

Salesforce Anywhere Release Notes (Beta)

Find Changed Deals at a Glance

Opportunity deal change highlights help your sales team prioritize work by showing recent changes to amounts and close dates. For example, knowing which deals changed helps sales managers with their weekly coaching sessions. In the opportunities list view and Kanban view, text colors and arrows indicate amounts and close dates that changed during the last 7 days. And users can hover over an arrow to get details.

Salesforce Winter 21 opportunity deal motion end user

How: Opportunity deal change highlights are turned on by default, but you can turn them off (and back on) via Opportunity Settings in Setup.

Salesforce Winter 21 Find Changed Deals at a Glance

Salesforce Lightning Flow

Trigger flows to run when records are deleted. Debug flows as another user, and debug autolaunched flows right in the canvas (beta). Optimize the layout of your flow screens with sections and columns (pilot). Let Flow Builder connect and align elements for you (beta). Launch a record-triggered flow or execute a decision outcome only when the record is updated to meet your criteria. Apply custom logic to record queries and condition requirements throughout your flows.

Shorten Your Visualforce URLs

We’re removing the instance names from Visualforce and other URLs through a release update. The Stabilize URLs for Visualforce, Experience Builder, Site.com Studio, and Content Files update is enforced in Summer ’21.

Customize Components with Lightning Design System Styling Hooks

Lightning Design System Styling Hooks provide you with a set of CSS custom properties so you can customize a component’s look and feel. In Winter ’21, a limited set of CSS custom properties is available for component-level customizations.

As a beta feature, Lightning Design System Styling Hooks is a preview. It isn’t part of the “Services” under your master subscription agreement with Salesforce. Use this feature at your sole discretion, and make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features. Salesforce doesn’t guarantee the general availability of this feature within any particular time frame or at all, and we can discontinue it at any time. This feature is for evaluation purposes only, not for production use. It’s offered as-is and isn’t supported, and Salesforce has no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with it. All restrictions, Salesforce reservation of rights, obligations concerning the Services, and terms for related Non-Salesforce Applications and Content apply equally to your use of this feature. You can provide feedback and suggestions for Lightning Design System Styling Hooks in the IdeaExchange group in the Trailblazer Community.

LWC-Based Template

Build Fast, Efficient Experiences with the LWC-Based Template (Pilot)

Develop communities that load quickly and scale well using the Build Your Own (LWC) template. Based on Lightning Web Components (LWC), a programming model that delivers exceptional performance, this lightweight template supports fully custom solutions. The template, now available as a pilot, includes some changes since the previous release.

We provide the Build Your Own (LWC) template to selected customers through a pilot program that requires agreement to specific terms and conditions. To be nominated to participate in the program, contact Salesforce. Pilot programs are subject to change, and we can’t guarantee acceptance.

Alternatively, you can access a developer preview of the template in Developer editions without signing up for the pilot program. Developer preview participants can create up to 100 sites, whereas pilot participants can create only two.

Regardless of edition, the template isn’t generally available unless or until Salesforce announces its general availability in documentation or in press releases or public statements. We can’t guarantee general availability within any particular time frame or at all. Make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features. You can provide feedback and suggestions for the template in the Lightning Web Runtime Communities group in the Trailblazer Community.

For all the features for Winter 21 Release Notes, please refer to the Salesforce website.

Salesforce Winter 21 Release Date

Here’s the new Winter ’21 release schedule:

  • Sandbox preview: The Sandbox Preview window for Winter ’21 begins on September 11, 2020. You must have an active sandbox on a preview instance before then to take advantage of the preview.

Salesforce Winter ’21 Release Date Schedule Calendar

For the Winter ’21 Release, we will upgrade the preview instances to Winter ’21 on September 11 and September 12, 2020, and non-preview instances to Winter ’21 on October 16 and October 17, 2020.

Salesforce Winter 21 release date calendar

Once you locate your current sandbox instance, use the chart below to determine if, when, and what action you should take on your sandbox.

Salesforce Winter 21 Sandbox instance date

For more details on the release calendar, please visit salesforce website.

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Aug 17

Salesforce Winter 21 Release Date

Salesforce Winter 21 Release Date

Salesforce Winter 21 Release Date

Here is list of key dates for Salesforce Winter 21 Release

  • Pre-Release Org Sign Up:  August 21, 2020
  • Release Notes: August 24, 2020
  • Sandbox Preview Starts: September 11, 2020
  • Release Site: September 11, 2020
  • Release Module: September 11, 2020
  • Release Overview Deck & Feature Matrix: September 14, 2020
  • Release Readiness Live!: September 18, 2020 to September 25, 2020
  • Release Weekends: September 18, October 9, October 16
  • Global Release Webinars: October 2020
  • Release Exam Deadline on Trailhead: April 2021

Please refer to below image.

Salesforce Winter 21 Release Date Key Dates

For more details, please refer source https://trailblazers.salesforce.com/0694S000000ftoM

We will keep updating this article when we will get more information.

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Jun 27

Lightning Web Components(LWC)Tutorial

Lightning Web Components (LWC)Tutorial

Lightning Web Components-Why, What & Where to start from?

Why Lightning Web Components(LWC)?

AURA framework which was used for current Lightning Components was based on standards of 2014 but are outdated now and it was time for change because for the following reasons:

  • Rendering could be optimized.
  • Standard UI elements were scarce.
  • Lacked modern constructs.
  • Was not fit for modular apps.
  • Web standards were updated.
  • AURA Framework became skill and had its own learning curve.

Additionally, Lightning Web Components(LWC) can coexist and interoperate with Aura components.

Lightning Web Components(LWC) Time To Upgrade

What Lightning Web Components(LWC)?

LWC is a new programming model levering the recent web standards. Rather than being a totally custom and development wise rigid framework, It’s quite flexible. It’s mostly the common Web Standards and a Thin Layer of Specialized services to make it a perfect fit for Modern Rich UI Implementations in Salesforce. This thin layer of specialized services contain Base Lightning Components, Lightning Data Service and User Interface API which work behind the curtain for LWC.

Lightning Web Components(LWC) Benefits

A thin layer of specialized services on top of a standard web stack results in:

  • Ease of development for large scale modular apps. 
  • Ease of Leveraging the latest web functionalities and constructs.
  • A common model and transferable skills.
    (Any web developer working on modern JS frameworks could easily ramp-up LWC).
  • Interoperable components. 
  • Better performance.

 

So, the new development stack looks like:

Lightning Web Components(LWC) Development Stack

Where to start from?

Here are some recommended steps:

  1. Learn more about LWC from the LWC Video Gallery.
  2. Install VS Code and set it up for Salesforce Development.
    You can use ForceCode Extension for Salesforce as it supports LWC Or you can follow this trailhead module.
  3. Get easy to understand sample code for almost all use cases here.
  4. For more samples visit here.
  5. Develop a LWC yourself and try your code by running it here.
  6. Most importantly, Complete the Get Started with LWC trailmix.

 

Lightning Web Components-Component Structure

How is a Lightning Web Component(LWC) formed?

Similar to an AURA component, the main contents of a LWC are also html, javascript. There are optional content like css. But then in addition to these for LWC, an xml configuration file is also included which defines the metadata values for the component.
So, a LWC component would look like:

Lightning Web Components(LWC) Structure

Lightning Web Components(LWC) Structure VS Code

Now, lets cover a brief overview of these files one by one:

HTML

  • Has a root tag <template> which contains your component’s HTML. 
  • When renders, the <template> tag is replaced with <namespace-component-name>.

Lightning Web Components(LWC) HTML file

 

Javascript

  • Import functionality declared in a module eg-lwc(the core module), use the import statement. 
  • To allow other code to use functionality in a module, use the export statement.
  • LightningElement is custom wrapper of the standard HTML element and we extend it in the component and export.

Lightning Web Components(LWC) JS File

 

Configuration

XML file that defines the metadata configuration values for the component eg-

  • Components Label
  • Availability
  • Configuration Attributes
  • Builder Attributes

Lightning Web Components(LWC) Config file

 

CSS

  • To style a component. 
  • The style sheet is applied automatically.


Lightning Web Components(LWC) CSS File

 

So, the files that we have discussed how would the component build with these look?

Component UI

Lightning Web Components(LWC) UI

Summary

This is the best time to learn and start early with Lightning Web Components, which offer the latest web standards, delivers unprecedented performance and productivity and interoperate seamlessly with existing code.

Example of Lightning Web Components(LWC)

Here is list of some of Lightning Web Component example for developers:

Get Record Id in Lightning Web Component

lightning-record-view-form

Call Apex Methods In Lightning web components

Lightning Web Component lightning-datatable

Use Lightning Web Components in Visualforce

Modal/Popup Lightning Web Component(LWC)

Custom Labels In Lightning Web Component(LWC)

Lightning Web Component(LWC) Toast Messages

Lightning Spinner in LWC (Lightning Web Component)

lightning-record-edit-form LWC(Lightning Web Component)

lightning-record-form LWC

template if:true Conditional Rendering LWC

for:each template directives in LWC

Navigation Service in LWC(Lightning Web Components)

Wrapper Class in LWC(Lightning Web Component)

Use Static Resource In LWC(Lightning Web Component)

Decorators in Lightning Web Component(LWC)

File Upload in Lightning Web Component(lwc)

lightning-card LWC

wire Service LWC Lightning Web Component

Good luck. Happy Coding 🙂

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Jun 01

wire Service LWC Lightning Web Component

wire Service LWC Lightning Web Components(LWC)

@wire Service LWC

Lightning web components(LWC) use a reactive wire service, which is built on Lightning Data Service. Components use @wire in their JavaScript class to read data from one of the wire adapters in the lightning/ui*Apimodules and also to call the apex controller server-side methods using wire services. The wire service provisions an immutable stream of data to the component. Each value in the stream is a newer version of the value that precedes it.

We call the wire service reactive in part because it supports reactive variables, which are prefixed with $. If a reactive variable changes, the wire service provisions new data. We say “provisions” instead of “requests” or “fetches” because if the data exists in the client cache, a network request may not be involved. The wire service delegates control flow to the Lightning Web Components engine. Delegating control is great for read operations, but it isn’t great for create, update, and delete operations. As a developer, you want complete control over operations that change data. That’s why you perform create, update, and delete operations with a JavaScript API instead of with the wire service.

Wire Service Syntax

Import a wire adapter using named import syntax.

import { wire} from 'lwc';

Decorate a property or function with @wire and specify the wire adapter.

@wire(adapterId, adapterConfig)
propertyOrFunction;

Here is full code syntax and its detail for using wire

import { wire} from 'lwc';
@wire(adapterId, adapterConfig)
propertyOrFunction;
  • adapterId (Identifier)—The identifier of the wire adapter.
  • adapterModule (String)—The identifier of the module that contains the wire adapter function, in the format namespace/moduleName. Look at the format! To import a module in JavaScript, use lightning/ui*Api instead of lightning-ui-*-api.
  • adapterConfig (Object)—A configuration object specific to the wire adapter. Configuration object property values can be either strings or references to objects and fields imported from @salesforce/schema. Properties in the adapterConfig object can’t be undefined. If a property is undefined, the wire service doesn’t provision data. Don’t update a wire adapter configuration object property in renderedCallback() as it can result in an infinite loop.
  • propertyOrFunction—A private property or function that receives the stream of data from the wire service. If a property is decorated with @wire, the results are returned to the property’s data property or error property. If a function is decorated with @wire, the results are returned in an object with a data property and an error property.

 

Import References to Salesforce Objects and Fields

When you use a wire adapter in a lightning/ui*Api module, we strongly recommend importing references to objects and fields. Salesforce verifies that the objects and fields exist, prevents objects and fields from being deleted, and cascades any renamed objects and fields into your component’s source code. It also ensures that dependent objects and fields are included in change sets and packages. Importing references to objects and fields ensures that your code works, even when object and field names change.

If a component isn’t aware of which object it’s using, use strings instead of imported references. Use getObjectInfo to return the object’s fields. All wire adapters in the lightning/ui*Api modules respect object CRUD rules, field-level security, and sharing. If a user doesn’t have access to a field, it isn’t included in the response.

To import a reference to an object, use this syntax.

import objectName from '@salesforce/schema/object';
import objectName from '@salesforce/schema/namespace__object';

import POSITION_OBJECT from '@salesforce/schema/Position__c';
import ACCOUNT_OBJECT from '@salesforce/schema/Account';

 

To import a reference to a field, use this syntax.

import FIELD_NAME from '@salesforce/schema/object.field';

import POSITION_LEVEL_FIELD from '@salesforce/schema/Position__c.Level__c';
import ACCOUNT_NAME_FIELD from '@salesforce/schema/Account.Name';

 

To import a reference to a field via a relationship, use this syntax. You can use relationship fields to traverse to parent objects and fields. You can specify up to three relationship fields, which results in four objects and the field being referenced. For example, Opportunity.Account.CreatedBy.LastModifiedById returns 4 levels of spanning fields.

import SPANNING_FIELD_NAME from '@salesforce/schema/object.relationship.field';

import POSITION_HIRINGMANAGER_NAME_FIELD__c from '@salesforce/schema/Position__c.HiringManager__r.Name__c';
import ACCOUNT_OWNER_NAME_FIELD from '@salesforce/schema/Account.Owner.Name';

 

This code imports the Account.Name field and uses it in a wire adapter’s configuration object.

import { LightningElement, api, wire } from 'lwc';
import { getRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi';
import ACCOUNT_NAME_FIELD from '@salesforce/schema/Account.Name';

export default class Record extends LightningElement {
    @api recordId;
    @wire(getRecord, { recordId: '$recordId', fields: [ACCOUNT_NAME_FIELD] })
    record;
}

This code is almost identical, but it uses a string to identify the Account.Name field. This code doesn’t get the benefits that you get from importing a reference to the field.

import { LightningElement, api, wire } from 'lwc';
import { getRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi';

export default class Record extends LightningElement {
    @api recordId;
    @wire(getRecord, { recordId: '$recordId', fields: ['Account.Name'] })
    record;
}

Mark a Configuration Object Property as Dynamic and Reactive

n the wire adapter’s configuration object, prefix a value with $ to reference a property of the component instance. The $ prefix tells the wire service to treat it as a property of the class and evaluate it as this.propertyName. The property is reactive. If the property’s value changes, new data is provisioned and the component rerenders.

In this example, $recordId is dynamic and reactive.

import { LightningElement, api, wire } from 'lwc';
import { getRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi';
const FIELDS = [
    'Contact.Name',
    'Contact.Title',
    'Contact.Phone',
    'Contact.Email',
];
export default class WireGetRecordDynamicContact extends LightningElement {
    @api recordId;
    @wire(getRecord, { recordId: '$recordId', fields: FIELDS })
    contact;
    get name() {
        return this.contact.data.fields.Name.value;
    }
    get title() {
        return this.contact.data.fields.Title.value;
    }
    get phone() {
        return this.contact.data.fields.Phone.value;
    }
    get email() {
        return this.contact.data.fields.Email.value;
    }
}

Decorate a Property with @wire

Wiring a property is useful when you want to consume the data or error as-is.

If the property decorated with @wire is used as an attribute in the template and its value changes, the wire service provisions the data and triggers the component to rerender. The property is private, but reactive.

This code applies @wire to the record property.

import { LightningElement, api, wire } from 'lwc';
import { getRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi';
import ACCOUNT_NAME_FIELD from '@salesforce/schema/Account.Name';
export default class Record extends LightningElement {
    @api recordId;
    @wire(getRecord, { recordId: '$recordId', fields: [ACCOUNT_NAME_FIELD] })
    record;
}

Decorate a Function with @wire

Wiring a function is useful to perform logic whenever new data is provided or when an error occurs. The wire service provisions the function an object with error and data properties, just like a wired property.

The function is invoked whenever a value is available, which can be before or after the component is connected or rendered.

wire Service LWC Example by decorating a Function with @wire

wireFunctionLWC.js

// WireFunctionLWC.js
import { LightningElement, api, track, wire } from 'lwc';
import { getRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi';
export default class WireFunctionLWC extends LightningElement {
    @api recordId;
    @track record;
    @track error;
    @wire(getRecord, { recordId: '$recordId', fields: ['Account.Name'] })
    wiredAccount({ error, data }) {
        if (data) {
            this.record = data;
            this.error = undefined;
        } else if (error) {
            this.error = error;
            this.record = undefined;
        }
    }
    get name() {
        return this.record.fields.Name.value;
    }
}

wireFunctionLWC.html

template>
    <lightning-card title="Wire Function" icon-name="standard:account">
        <template if:true={record}>
            <div class="slds-m-around_medium">
                <p>{name}</p>
            </div>
        </template>
        <template if:true={error}>
            {error}
        </template>
    </lightning-card>
</template>

wireFunctionLWC.js-meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <apiVersion>48.0</apiVersion>
    <isExposed>true</isExposed>
    <targets> 
        <target>lightning__AppPage</target>
        <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>
        <target>lightning__HomePage</target>
    </targets>
</LightningComponentBundle>

 

Now we can add this lwc component on the account detail page.

  • Go to Home page
  • Click Setup (Gear Icon) and select Edit Page.
  • Under Custom Components, find your wireFunctionLWC component and drag it on Account detail page.
  • Click Save and activate.

We will have the following output.

wire Service LWC

 

Call Apex Methods using wire

Lightning web components can import methods from Apex classes into the JavaScript classes. Once after importing the apex class method you can able call the apex methods as functions into the component by calling either via the wire service or imperatively. The Apex Method should be marked with @AuraEnabled. Before you use an Apex method, make sure that there isn’t an easier way to get the data. See whether a base Lightning component, like lightning-record-form, lightning-record-view-form, or lightning-record-edit-form works for your use case. If they don’t give you enough flexibility, use a wire adapter like getListUi or getRecordUi. And if you can’t use a wire adapter, write an Apex method.

Apex wire Import Syntax

We need to import the @salesforce/apex scoped module into JavaScript controller class.

import apexMethodName from '@salesforce/apex/Namespace.Classname.apexMethodReference';

Here is list of important point of importing apex method:

  • apexMethodName : An imported symbol that identifies the Apex method.
  • apexMethodReference : The name of the Apex method to import.
  • Classname : The name of the Apex class.
  • Namespace—The namespace of the Salesforce organization. Specify a namespace unless the organization uses the default namespace (c), in which case don’t specify it.

 

For more details refer to Call Apex Methods In Lightning web components

Most of the information in this article is copied from the official link. For more details about wire Service LWC please refer official link.

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May 28

lightning-card LWC

lightning-card LWC (Lightning Web Component)

lightning-card LWC (Lightning Web Component)

A lightning-card is used to apply a stylized container around a grouping of information. The information could be a single item or a group of items such as a related list.

Use the variant or class attributes to customize the styling.

A lightning-card contains a title, body, and footer. To style the card body, use the Lightning Design System helper classes.

When applying Lightning Design System classes or icons, check that they are available in the Lightning Design System release tied to your org. The latest Lightning Design System resources become available only when the new release is available in your org.

lightning-card LWC Example

We will create LWC component using lightning-card. We will get the following output

lightning-card LWC (Lightning Web Component)

 

lightningCardLWC.js

<template>
    <lightning-card
            variant="narrow"
            icon-name="standard:opportunity">
        <h1 slot="title">Hello title</h1>
        <p class="slds-p-horizontal_small">This is body. You can have your content here</p>
        <div slot="actions">
            <lightning-button label="New" slot="actions"></lightning-button>
        </div>
        <div slot="footer">
            <p>Contact Us SFDCPoint</p>
        </div>
    </lightning-card>
</template>

lightningCardLWC.js

import { LightningElement } from 'lwc';
export default class LightningCardLWC extends LightningElement {}

lightningCardLWC.js-meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <apiVersion>48.0</apiVersion>
    <isExposed>true</isExposed>
    <targets> 
        <target>lightning__AppPage</target>
        <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>
        <target>lightning__HomePage</target>
    </targets>
</LightningComponentBundle>

Now we can add this lwc component on home page.

  • Go to Home page
  • Click Setup (Gear Icon) and select Edit Page.
  • Under Custom Components, find your lightningCardLWC component and drag it on page.
  • Click Save and activate.

Usage Considerations

Icons are not available in Lightning Out, but they are available in Lightning Components for Visualforce and other experiences.

title is available as an attribute or a slot. Pass in the title as a slot if you want to pass in additional markup, such as making the title bold. Or use the title attribute if your title does not need extra formatting. Setting the title attribute overwrites the title slot.

There is one more practical example of using lightning-card, please refer to Lightning Spinner in LWC

For more details please refer to official link

For LWC lightning-card example please refer to this link

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May 23

Visual Studio Code Keyboard Shortcuts

Visual Studio Code Keyboard Shortcuts

Visual Studio Code Keyboard Shortcuts

Visual Studio Code is the go-to code editor for Salesforce developers. It’s free, open-source, and available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. This editor has easy-to-install extensions for syntax highlighting, code completion, and more. Visual Studio Code can be used with many programming languages. Here in this post, we will see some keyboard shortcuts for visual studio code which might help in increasing productivity for developers.

Visual Studio Code Keyboard Shortcuts

Here is list of VS Code Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • To Show Command Palette: Ctrl+Shift+P, F1
  • To Open or Go to File: Ctrl+P
  • New visual code window or instance: Ctrl+Shift+N
  • To Close window or instance: Ctrl+Shift+W
  • To open User Settings: Ctrl+,
  • To open Keyboard Shortcuts: Ctrl+K Ctrl+S
  • Cut line (empty selection): Ctrl+X
  • Copy line (empty selection): Ctrl+C
  • Move line up/down: Alt+ ↑ / ↓
  • Copy line up/down: Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑
  • Delete Line: Ctrl+Shift+K
  • Insert line below: Ctrl+Enter
  • Insert line above: Ctrl+Shift+Enter
  • Add line comment: Ctrl+K Ctrl+C
  • Remove line comment: Ctrl+K Ctrl+U
  • Toggle line comment: Ctrl+/
  • Toggle block comment: Shift+Alt+A
  • Go to Line…: Ctrl+G
  • Find: Ctrl+F
  • Find next/previous: F3 / Shift+F3
  • Select all occurrences of Find match: Alt+Enter

 

Here is VS Code Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows, Mac and linux

Command ActionWindows keyboard ShortcutMac keyboard ShortcutLinux keyboard Shortcut
To Show Command PaletteCtrl+Shift+P, F1⇧⌘P, F1Ctrl+Shift+P, F1
To Open or Go to FileCtrl+P⌘PCtrl+P
New visual code window or instanceCtrl+Shift+N⇧⌘NCtrl+Shift+N
To Close window or instanceCtrl+Shift+W⌘WCtrl+Shift+W
To open User SettingsCtrl+,⌘,Ctrl+,
To open Keyboard ShortcutsCtrl+K Ctrl+S⌘K ⌘SCtrl+K Ctrl+S
Cut line (empty selection)Ctrl+X⌘XCtrl+X
Copy line (empty selection)Ctrl+C⌘CCtrl+C
Move line up/downAlt+ ↑ / ↓⌥↓ / ⌥↑Alt+ ↑ / ↓
Copy line up/downShift+Alt + ↓ / ↑⇧⌥↓ / ⇧⌥↑Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑
Delete lineCtrl+Shift+K⇧⌘KCtrl+Shift+K
Insert line belowCtrl+Enter⌘EnterCtrl+Enter
Insert line aboveCtrl+Shift+Enter⇧⌘EnterCtrl+Shift+Enter
Add line commentCtrl+K Ctrl+C⌘K ⌘CCtrl+K Ctrl+C
Remove line commentCtrl+K Ctrl+U⌘K ⌘UCtrl+K Ctrl+U
Toggle line commentCtrl+/⌘/Ctrl+/
Toggle block commentShift+Alt+A⇧⌥AShift+Alt+A
Go to Line...Ctrl+G⌃GCtrl+G
FindCtrl+F⌘FCtrl+F
ReplaceCtrl+H⌥⌘FCtrl+H
Find next/previousF3 / Shift+F3⌘G / ⇧⌘GF3 / Shift+F3
Select all occurrences of Find matchAlt+Enter⌥EnterAlt+Enter
Add selection to next Find matchCtrl+D⌘DCtrl+D
Move last selection to next Find matchCtrl+K Ctrl+D⌘K ⌘DCtrl+K Ctrl+D
Select current lineCtrl+I⌘ICtrl+I
Select all occurrences of current selectionCtrl+Shift+L⇧⌘LCtrl+Shift+L
Close editorCtrl+F4, Ctrl+W⌘WCtrl+W
Close folderCtrl+K F⌘K FCtrl+K F
New FileCtrl+N⌘NCtrl+N
Open File...Ctrl+O⌘OCtrl+O
SaveCtrl+S⌘SCtrl+S
Save As...Ctrl+Shift+S⇧⌘SCtrl+Shift+S
Save AllCtrl+K S⌥⌘SCtrl+K S
Close / Close AllCtrl+F4 / Ctrl+K Ctrl+W⌘W / ⌘K ⌘WCtrl+W / Ctrl+K Ctrl+W
Toggle full screenF11⌃⌘FF11
Show SearchCtrl+Shift+F⇧⌘FCtrl+Shift+F
Show ExtensionsCtrl+Shift+X⇧⌘XCtrl+Shift+X
Replace in filesCtrl+Shift+H⇧⌘HCtrl+Shift+H
Show Output panelCtrl+Shift+U⇧⌘UCtrl+K Ctrl+H

 

VS Code shortcuts

vs code comment shortcut

In vscode many time we have to comment/uncomment the line of code or block of code from time to time. We can select a block of code and use the key sequence Ctrl+K+C, it will comment out the section of code.  Ctrl+K+U will uncomment the code. It will be a line comment. For Block Comment, we can select lines of code and use Shift+Alt+A. It will toggle comments on and off. You can mac shortcut for same in above table.

VS Code Navigate Forward/Backward Ctrl+–/Ctrl+Shift+–

When we have multiple files open at the same time, we might need a way to quickly move back and forth between two or three different locations in your code. If we have moved from one location to another we can use the keyboard sequence Ctrl+– to move to the previous location and then you can return using Ctrl+Shift+–.

VS Code Open Command Palette

Ctrl+Shift+P : The command palette is very useful in VS Code. We can simply use Ctrl+Shift+P in windows and ⇧⌘P(Command + Shift+ P) for mac to open command Palette.

VS Code Go To Line

To go to a line in the file, you use ctrl + g, then type a line number. Alternatively, you can also open the go-to file menu with command + p first. Then type :. Then type your line number. In mac shortcut is ⌃G

VS Code Search in all Files

Searching  in all files is very useful and used very frequently by developers. Search all Windows Shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+F. Search all Mac shortcut is ⇧⌘F(Command+Shift+F).

For more details please refer to official link

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May 20

Developing a Robust Salesforce Testing Strategy

Developing a Robust Salesforce Testing Strategy

Developing a Robust Salesforce Testing Strategy

Salesforce testing is an important requirement to keep the performance of applications as expected. However, they need to undergo a robust testing strategy comprising unit testing, performance testing, UAT testing, and functional testing, among others. 

Developing a Robust Salesforce Testing Strategy

 

Quality remains the fundamental element in the success of any organization, let alone a digital one. With digital technology playing a discerning role in improving the quality of our lives, ensuring the quality of such technology is of primary importance. This calls for software application testing and fixing the bugs early in the development (and testing) cycle. The enterprises of today are increasingly using CRM or ERP solutions to manage operations and other processes seamlessly. Salesforce is one such CRM software suite, which along with SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft, is witnessing a steady growth in its adoption. The reasons for the popularity of Salesforce can be attributed to its ease of customization, implementation, flexibility, and scalability. Further, Salesforce is leveraged by the industry in managing leads, contacts, clients, and opportunities. However, not everything is hunky-dory when it comes to implementing the software. For starters, everyone’s concurrence is necessary and the objectives of business need to be clearly defined. Thereafter comes Salesforce testing.

Why test Salesforce?

Since codes can play a critical role in integrating various business processes and functions within an organization, they need to be tested for Salesforce. Salesforce testing would ensure the underlying codes are performing, reliable, and qualitatively superior. The test validates the customizations and configurations done to the software to develop a quality product. The product in the form of software ought to support the client’s business processes. There are two types of testing in a Salesforce testing framework – manual and automated.

In manual Salesforce testing, the application is tested manually with focus on regression, system, integration, and functional testing. However, Salesforce automation testing is about validating the software using a test tool like Selenium. 

How to develop a robust Salesforce testing

A business needs to work on automating salesforce application testing to get the best results. However, the steps to validate the applications developed on Salesforce are as follows: 

  • Business objective: The various CRM features of Salesforce should be aligned with the business objectives. The main purpose of developing and implementing a tool on Salesforce should be understood by the testers. To cite an example, by knowing the purpose of automating the sales process, one can formulate a robust testing strategy. 
  • Test case scenarios: While creating a Salesforce testing framework make a list of the possible test case scenarios and exceptions. The list should also contain the expected outcomes for each test case scenario and action. Based on the same, the test data need to be collated for each scenario. 
  • Test drive: The Salesforce platform comes with a program called ‘pre-release trial,’ which allows the testing of any application before entering the production area. Since this is not linked to the production area there would not be any danger of manipulating the real-time data. This gives an ideal opportunity to check various applications if they meet the expected outcomes. 
  • Functional testing: To ensure maximum test coverage and enhance the quality of the code, testers should go for rigorous Salesforce functional testing. This will help them validate various functions from the users’ perspective.
  • Test management:While conducting tests, the testers should ensure the application, function, or feature is in alignment with the operations or business objectives. Therefore, the test results should be checked against the reference data to ensure quality. 
  • UAT testing: With Salesforce automated testing, care should be taken to conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT). This way glitches or vulnerabilities inherent in the software can be identified and fixed before the software is released into the market.
  • Maintaining test records: This is the most crucial aspect of Salesforce testing as it offers stakeholders a dashboard to understand any underlying issues with the software. Whether it is Salesforce automation testing or manual testing, test records help administrators to identify, understand, and mitigate risks. The records document various failure scenarios and help in further escalation to responsible persons to fix the issues.

 

Conclusion about Salesforce Testing

Implementing a successful test strategy for Salesforce can help businesses to identify the bottlenecks or glitches and streamline their operations. Since a lot is at stake, the applications developed on the platform should be thoroughly tested for various parameters. It is only after following a successful Salesforce testing that organizations can remain competitive. 

For more details about salesforce test class please refer to test class in Salesforce.

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