
Start working with Visual Studio Code instead of the conventional Developer Console for SF Development
Understand what is Salesforce CLI, what is an IDE and how all of this fits into the big picture
Install Visual Studio Code and SFDX Cli along with the required extensions to be able to start Salesforce Development
Create a Salesforce project in Visual Studio Code using the manifest option; choose standard template, name the project, and save it to a local repository with metadata.
Authorize a Salesforce org in Visual Studio Code using SFDX CLI, set an alias, log in to production or sandbox, and switch between orgs to deploy and retrieve metadata.
Deploy metadata from VSCode to org by creating Apex classes and using SFDX deployment commands, validating deployments in the developer console, and refreshing the destination org.
Explore seven VS Code extensions for Salesforce development, including prettier, GitLens, better comments, bracket burglarized, auto rename tags, spell checker, and a Salesforce snippets extension.
Enroll in a concise Salesforce development course, start custom development, write code, and get familiar with the IDE and SFDX CLI for developers.
Salesforce is the world’s leading CRM service provider currently. They have more than 40% market share in the Cloud CRM space and dominate the overall CRM industry with a market share of about 20%. They have been rated the world’s #1 CRM for two consecutive years now.
The Salesforce ecosystem was projected by IDC to create millions of new jobs worldwide, which means there's no shortage of interview opportunities for anyone who wants a career in this fast-growing space.
As a developer, it’s important to have the best tools to get your job done. So, in this course, we will discuss how to setup VSCode, configure the Salesforce CLI, connect our VSCode with Source Control like GIT and see how we can leverage this tool to excel at Salesforce development
With this course, I intend to help the developer in you to be able to configure and use Visual Studio Code, one of the best IDEs for Salesforce development and SFDX CLI so that you can write code and perform far more efficiently than you would using the Developer Console.
At the end of this course, you will be able to use Visual Studio Code with SFDX to deploy and retrieve metadata, write and push code to your org, pull new changes from your org, use effective plugins to work smarter and faster and a lot more.