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Introduction to Visualforce
Samantha Ready, salesforce.com, Developer Evangelist
@samantha_ready
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What can you do with Visualforce?
Framework to build custom user interfaces
Hosted natively on Force.com
Build streamlined UX
Extend Salesforce.com
Customize for different devices
Leverage other web technologies
Visualforce and the MVC Pattern
Markup & UI
Components
Objects /
Data
Standard
Controllers &
Extensions
MVC Example
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
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)
<apex:outputField value = “{!Restaurant__c.Address__c” >
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
What does that look like in code?
Supports both
standard and
custom objects
Defined at the
page level
Use custom
controller logic
to extend
standard
controllers
If only using custom controllers,
use controller=“controllerName”
<apex:page standardController = “Restaurant__c” > extensions = “yelpExtension”
What does Visualforce look like?
markup
command button
outputfield
datatable
column
Custom Tags
Comopnent prefix
Create your
own custom
attributes
Custom controller to
define logic with Apex Bind with
controller
variables
Encapsulate Markup
Mobile Components for Visualforce
Built on top of Visualforce
Produces cross platform
HTML5
Highly customizable
Lightweight and fast
Community supported open
source
Breakdown of a Simple Mobile Page
Detail
Component
List
Component
SplitView
Template
Where else can Visualforce be used?
Email Templates
Dashboard Components
Define custom tabs
Custom sections on detail pages
Override standard behavior
• Button clicks ex: perform save on
detail page with custom logic
What else can you do with
Visualforce?
Rich User Interfaces
Complete Web Apps
Mashups
If nothing else, remember this…
Can integrate with all standard web technologies
Visualforce developer guide is your best friend
You handle what you want to display, Force.com will
handle who can see/edit it
Next Steps
Developer.force.com
Mini-workshops
“7 Habits of Highly Efficient Visualforce Pages”
“Building the New AppExchange Using Responsive Design”
“Mobile Components for Visualforce”
Recorded Sessions
Samantha Ready Developer Evangelist,
@samantha_ready