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Build sfdx plugin in 15 minutes
The document discusses how to build a Salesforce DX plugin in 15 minutes. It provides an overview of Salesforce DX and the Salesforce CLI. Salesforce DX allows developers to create custom plugins on top of the Salesforce CLI. The presenters demonstrate how to generate a basic Salesforce DX plugin using the plugin generator. It requires knowledge of Node.js, TypeScript, and using Yarn for dependency management. The plugin can then connect to Salesforce orgs and use the REST API. Resources are provided to learn more about Salesforce DX, the CLI, and creating custom plugins.
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- 1. Build Salesforce DXPlugin in 15 Minutes @JitendraZaa ā Sr Tech Architect @Bluewolf @Cloudy_Abhi ā Sr. Developer
- 2. Jitendra Zaa MVP &Sr. Technical Architect at Bluewolf 21x Salesforce Certifications @JitendraZaa Speakers Salesforce Lead at Homestar Financial 16x Salesforce Certifications @cloudy_abhi Abhi Tripathi
- 3. Agenda ā¢ Salesforce DXeverywhere ā¢ Salesforce CLI ā¢ Why Plugins ? ā¢ What to know before creating first plugin ā¢ DEMO ā¢ Conclusion ā¢ Resources ā¢ Q&A
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- 5. Why Salesforce DX ā¢Is new Toolset to streamline entire development life cycle ā¢ Facilitates Automated Testing and Continuous Integration ā¢ Compatible with many Source Code Management (SCM) tools ā¢ New Packaging for ISV Partners ā¢ Works with Build managers like Jenkins or TravisCI
- 6. Most Important : SalesforceDX allows you to create your own plugin
- 7. Do you know? Salesforce DX itself is a plugin build on top of Salesforce CLI ? Lets talk about Salesforce CLI first !!! https://github.com/JitendraZaa/sfdx-object-export
- 8. Salesforce CLI Source āSalesforce Blog
- 9. ā¢ Generate Testclass coverage report in HTML or PDF Format after deployment ā¢ Compare two Salesforce Instances and generate report ā¢ Find list of all unused Apex Classes ā¢ Generate Configuration Workbook, post deployment Use Cases
- 10. Needs to knowbefore Salesforce DX plugin ā¢ Nodejs basic knowledge ā¢ It uses Typescript language, created by Microsoft in 2012 ā¢ Typescript is superset of JavaScript ā¢ Salesforce DX plugin generator is based on oclif (Open CLI Framework) by Heroku team ā¢ Yarn as dependency management https://github.com/JitendraZaa/sfdx-object-export
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- 12. Conclusion ā¢ Salesforce CLI ā¢Generating first plugin using plugin generator ā¢ Connect to any Salesforce Org using existing SFDX Authentication ā¢ Use Rest API in Plugin ā¢ Use excle4node to create excel sheets ā¢ Source Code - https://github.com/JitendraZaa/sfdx-object-export
- 13. Resources ā¢ Source Code- https://github.com/JitendraZaa/sfdx-object-export ā¢ Oclif - https://oclif.io/ ā¢ Create your first Salesforce DX Plugin - https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/2018/05/create- your-first-salesforce-cli-plugin.html ā¢ Getting Started with Salesforce DX - https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/2018/02/getting- started-salesforce-dx-part-1-5.html ā¢ Yarn - https://yarnpkg.com/en/ ā¢ Get Started with Salesforce DX Trail - https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/trails/sfdx_get_started
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Editor's Notes
- #4Ā Here is our agenda, we are going to
- #5Ā Salesforce DX is everywhere whether you are building apps or you are setting up continuous integration. In just 2 years salesforce DX has changed the way to source code driven development, The core principals of Salesforce Developer experience have been mentioned many times in Salesforce dx sessions That sharing, versioning, testing and collaborating with source
- #6Ā The guiding principal for Salesforce DX starts with that everything is driven from source code. It is a set of tools which youāve been already using, you can use the tool of your choice. SFDX have transformed salesforce development, From Source code driven development process to packaging in order to distribute the app you built. From collaborating with team to continuous delivery. Sfdx is for every trailblazer, if you building app using lightning app app builder, if you are writing apex code or building services that are operating and running on Heroku. Salesforce dx is here to empower you and do more.
- #7Ā Which we are going to show you today!
- #8Ā The CLI represents the coreĀ sfdx-cli. It is what you execute on your local machine or on your CI/CD system. It provides functionality to install custom plugins Salesforce CLI is a powerful command line interface that simplifies development and build automation when working with your Salesforce org. It helps you to Aggregate all the tools you need to develop with and perform commands against your Salesforce org It manages orgs and Synchronize source to and from scratch orgs You can do lot more things with Salesforce CLI 1. Importing and exporting data 2. executing tests 3. Creating, installing packages And the most important part is itās a single interface for all the salesforce dx features
- #9Ā Salesforce CLI architecture Before we start itās important to learn what the moving parts around the Salesforce CLI are, and how they work together Salesforce DX functionality is provided by theĀ salesforcedxĀ plugin. It is bundled with the Salesforce CLI,
- #12Ā Install yarn using command : sudo npm install -g yarn Execute sfdx plugins:generate ā Generate plugin template Execute sfdx plugins:link (donāt provide any folder name after link as it will take current folder) heroku plugins:installĀ salesforcedx sfdx force:auth:web:login --setdefaultdevhubusername --setalias my-devhub-org