Developer Experience (DX)

Develop and manage custom apps on Salesforce across their entire life cycle. Explore developer tools, set up your development environment, and achieve new levels of agility.
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Developer Guide

Salesforce CLI Setup Guide

Install and configure Salesforce CLI, which enables you to perform much of your development work via a command-line interface.
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Developer Guide

Salesforce DX Developer Guide

Learn how to develop, update, and test your custom apps on the Salesforce Platform across their entire lifecycle.
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CLI Command Reference

Salesforce CLI Command Reference

Find information on Salesforce CLI commands and flags.
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Release Notes

Salesforce CLI Release Notes 

Check out the release notes to see the latest changes, community contributions, and bug fixes for Salesforce CLI.
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Developer Guide

Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code

Learn how to use the Salesforce Extensions for VS Code to work with your development orgs, Apex, and more.
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Developer Guide

Code Builder

Set up and use Code Builder to build Salesforce applications. Code Builder is a web-based IDE that has all the power and flexibility of Visual Studio Code, Salesforce Extensions for VS Code, and Salesforce CLI in your web browser.
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Developer Guide

Agentforce for Developers

Generate code from natural language. Agentforce for Developers is an AI-powered developer tool that’s available as a Visual Studio Code extension. It's built on a custom, secure, and managed version of the Salesforce open-source CodeGen AI model.
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User Guide

DevOps Center 

Use modern DevOps best practices to manage and release changes to your applications easily and collaboratively.
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Setup Guide

DevOps Center Installation and Setup 

Install and configure DevOps Center, a powerful tool for change management based on modern best practices.
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Developer Guide

DevOps Center Developer Guide 

Understand the DevOps Center object model and how the custom objects relate to one another.
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Documentation

Salesforce CLI

Use this powerful command-line tool to simplify and automate development tasks.

Salesforce Extensions for VS Code

Access tools for developing on the Salesforce Platform in the lightweight VS Code editor.

Code Builder

Use this web-based IDE in your Salesforce org to build Salesforce apps.

Agentforce for Developers

Use this AI-powered developer tool to generate code using natural language.

Data Loader

Use for bulk import or export of data.

Git 

Use a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in your code.

Scratch Orgs 

Create development environments that are source-driven deployments of Salesforce code and metadata.

Salesforce Code Analyzer 

Analyze your source code to ensure it meets code quality standards.

Mobile App Development

Customize Salesforce mobile apps with features built with Lightning web components.

LWS Console

Check your JavaScript code’s compatibility with Lightning Web Security (LWS).

LWS Distortion Viewer

Look up details for distortions of the JavaScript APIs that LWS blocks or modifies.

Locker Console

Check your JavaScript code’s compatibility with Lightning Locker.

Locker API Viewer

Learn which standard DOM APIs are supported by Lightning Locker.

Tools

Increase your productivity with Salesforce developer tools that make it easier and faster to build on the Salesforce Platform.
Project

Quick Start: Salesforce DX 

75 PointsUse the Salesforce command-line interface to create, convert, and deploy apps.
Trail

Set Up Your Workspace and Install Developer Tools 

1275 PointsInstall tools like VS Code and the Salesforce CLI to help you work more efficiently.
Module

Package Development Model 

500 PointsLearn how to drive modular-based development with Salesforce DX tooling.
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Org Development Model 

300 PointsDiscover how to manage changes to your org using Salesforce DX tools and source control.
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Trailhead

Get Started with Salesforce DX! 

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Setting Up Visual Studio Code on Your Mac 

November 16, 2020

Create a Salesforce Development Project with VS Code 

December 11, 2020

Modern App Development on Salesforce - Developer Tools 

April 07, 2021

CodeLive-Salesforce Developer Tools and Experiences 

February 15, 2021

Salesforce Developers on YouTube

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Salesforce Code Builder Is Now Generally Available

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We are excited to launch Salesforce Code Builder, a new, web-based development environment preloaded with Salesforce languages & frameworks.October 24, 2023

Einstein for Developers Is Now in Open Beta

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Einstein for Developers, the Salesforce generative AI solution that unleashes developer productivity, is now in Open Beta.August 10, 2023

Getting Started with Salesforce DX

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This five part series covers Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, and using the two for continuous development.February 01, 2018

How to Work with Developer Sandboxes and the Salesforce CLI

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We take an in-depth look at how to clone, initialize, refresh, and delete a sandbox, and import sample data.July 15, 2020

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Blogs

Salesforce IDE and Code Builder with Ananya Jha

Ananya dives into all the cool new features that Salesforce releases in its extensions and eventually serves you through VS Code and Code Builder.28 min

DevOps Center with Karen Fidelak

Karen walks us through DevOps Center and how it helps developers manage their changes and releases while developing on the Salesforce Platform.22 min

Code Analyzer with Roopa Mohan

Roopa Mohan discusses how Code Analyzer came to be, how it works, who it works best for, and other tools that it works well with.35 min

Developer Podcast

Developer PodcastTune in to our Developer Podcast hosted by René Winkelmeyer, Senior Director of Salesforce Developer Relations, and featuring our developer advocates. Hear insightful stories, quick tips, and relevant updates for the Salesforce Developer community.
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