ecars VS lwc-recipes

For the eCars app that we’re building, the activity will be to write an APEX test class for the PdfCreateService that we used in the prior session to call a Heroku microservice for generating PDF documents. The eCars code can be found at the linked Github repo and I have also included a link to the specific PdfCreateService class. If you have not gone through the exercise of pulling the code into a Salesforce Developer org or a scratch org, you’ll want to review some of the previous articles to take that pre-requisite step or follow the instructions in the Github repo on how to clone and deploy the application.

The Javascript car configurator app we are going to test can be found on the eCars app Github repository. If you’ve been following along with this series, then you should have already done some previous setup work installing the repo in VS Code and deploying it to a Salesforce scratch org.

I'll share a step-by-step tutorial building the app, what I've learned, some of the highlights, and my take on some of the content. You can find all the code for the project here.

To start, let’s review the steps for Automated Deployment as also listed on the readme section in the Github repo. Julian has created a script (a Node.js program that will make this process easier) to get this up and running in the Salesforce and Heroku platforms. All of the installation pre-reqs, keys, and steps to configure your operating system before we move forward with deployment can be found here.

I just took mine and I found the questions extremely different from the practice tests on developer.salesforce.com . I also used Salesforce Ben and the practice tests as well. I failed, sadly. I'm going to try again, but I'm really disheartened that the questions were so extremely different than the practice questions I have seen on both of those sites. Any suggestions?

I currently work as a Sr. Salesforce Administrator/Developer. That is my job title. My job is 90% advanced administration, which requires development skills when necessary. However, as we disappear to lightning, I'm finding myself needing to code more than just administration. A lot of resources I find online show options of going the Aura route or the LWC route. From my research, LWC seems to be the better way to go. Is that true? Aside from trailhead, are there any video learning resources you would recommend? I learn better from videos and following along. I'm learning a lot from Udemy but I hear those courses are not always "up-to-date" so I want to be careful where I spend my free time. I'm really enjoying what I'm learning on the development side and am strongly considering changing my career route and go into 100% development. Any suggestions or guidance is would be very appreciated :) EDIT: Also how the heck do I "log in"‍ to developer.salesforce.com to use their forums? Every way I try to log in I get a "500" error. I've tried logging in with my company's credentials and my developer org credentials, but I keep getting the "500" error.

Yeah, I implemented it from the lwc-recipes repo, which implements v5 by using LWS. Thanks anyway!

Building extensible software has always been a high-reward challenge. We now have such excellent examples, including shopify.dev, developer.salesforce.com, and what may be the origin of modern extensibility: apple.com/app-store.

Just recently, the Salesforce Developers site has been refactored to provide a far better experience for developers seeking to utilize the available APIs. Seeing such activity solidifies my belief that Salesforce places lots of value on IT professionals who make Salesforce part of their development repertoire.

Learn LWCs. These LWC recipes are a good start.

[5] https://trailhead.salesforce.com/sample-gallery

Trailhead has a sample gallery you might be interested in.

Learn development best practices from those same development experts who regularly churn out open-source projects and applications deployed to Github and shared in the Sample Gallery for anyone to download and dissect.