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Now in Alba’s role, she and her team use Lightning Web Components (LWC) to create custom user interfaces, a framework based on Web Components standards. With LWC, Alba creates components using modern, standard JavaScript. This means the skills that she learned previously are transferable to other JavaScript-based technologies. She pointed out that on top of this transferability, LWC is open source, and developers can use it outside of the Salesforce platform. Components can be used in Lightning App Builder and published on the AppExchange for other customers to use them.
Alba told me the launch of the Salesforce CLI in 2016 fixed a lot of the earlier limitations. In addition to change tracking and improved conflict resolution, the Salesforce CLI introduced features to manage Salesforce environments, run tests, load sample data, and much more. By using the Salesforce CLI, Alba said she became much more productive. This also helped her team to transform their application lifecycle management, as the Salesforce CLI allows developers to implement modern CI/CD flows much easier. Salesforce has also invested in the Salesforce extension pack for VisualStudio Code. Alba listed some of the extension’s benefits which included autocompletion capabilities, direct access to the help feature, tools for debugging, testing, and access to many of the Salesforce CLI features.