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Intro to Visualforce April 11, 2014
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Speaker
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Follow Developer Force for the Latest News
@forcedotcom / #forcefriday
Developer Force – Force.com Community
Developer Force
Developer Force Group
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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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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 Object
Visualforce
Standard Controllers and Apex
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MVC example
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MVC example
! Visualforce tags
– 100+ 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
Attributes to define component
Merge field to define attribute (can also be a
string literal in some cases)
<apex:outputField value = �{!Restaurant__c.Address__c}� >
Reference field (using dot notation)
Data binding to objects and class variables
Component name (examples: tables, repeats, forms, etc)
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! 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
Visualforce Controllers
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What do standard components look like?
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 standardConroller =�Restaurant__c� extensions
> “ext1, ext2� =
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How can I customize Visualforce?
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The Developer Console
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Name Title @Twitter
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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Complete web apps
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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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Your first line of defense
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Proficiency in web technologies
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Limits
! Page Size: 15 MB
! Viewstate Size 135 KB
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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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If nothing else, remember this…
! Developer.force.com
! Bit.ly/IntroVF-pkg
! 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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Q & A
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