Beginning Salesforce DX: Versatile and Resilient Salesforce Application Development

Salesforce Developer Experience (DX) is a practical guide for developing Salesforce custom applications in an agile, collaborative, and resilient way. It provides guidance on using the Salesforce Command Line Interface (CLI) to simplify working with projects, metadata, data, and orgs, as well as the package development model, which improves application quality and maintainability. The book covers setting up a development environment, key concepts, working with Dev Hubs, projects, orgs, metadata, version control systems, improving quality, bootstrapping pro-code development, and applying Salesforce DX to an end-to-end package development project. It is for internal teams developing custom Salesforce applications, as well as those creating commercial applications for distribution via the Salesforce AppExchange enterprise marketplace.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 550 pages
Publication date: 23 November 2022
Publisher: APress

Salesforce Developer Experience (DX) is a powerful tool for developing Salesforce custom applications in a more agile, collaborative, and resilient way. In this book, you will learn how to use the Salesforce Command Line Interface (CLI) to simplify working with projects, metadata, data, and orgs. The CLI integrates with popular development tools like Visual Studio Code and CI/CD tools to implement DevOps pipelines. You will also gain an understanding of the package development model, which improves application quality and maintainability by grouping metadata into highly cohesive, loosely coupled containers.

Salesforce DX supports application development throughout the entire development lifecycle, where a version control system, rather than a Salesforce org, is the source of truth. It was released in late 2017 and has since reached a stage of feature richness and stability that is making it increasingly popular.

Beginning Salesforce DX provides development teams with practical, how-to examples of using Salesforce DX that go beyond the Salesforce documentation. Commands and their parameters are described, including any gotchas, and the outcome of the commands on a Salesforce org is explained.

What You Will Learn:

How to set up a Salesforce DX development environment.

Understand the key Salesforce DX concepts and the Salesforce CLI.

Work with Dev Hubs, projects, orgs, metadata, and version control systems.

Improve quality with test users and test data.

Bootstrap pro-code development with templates.

Apply Salesforce DX to an end-to-end package development project.

Who This Book Is For:

Internal teams developing custom Salesforce applications for an individual customer, or those creating commercial applications.

By leveraging Salesforce DX, development teams can streamline their processes, improve collaboration, and deliver high-quality Salesforce applications more efficiently. Whether you are a seasoned Salesforce developer or just starting, this book will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your Salesforce development endeavors.

Weight: 1068g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781484281130
Edition number: 1st ed.