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Salesforce Development: IDE Setups

Salesforce developer environment setup – Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ with Illuminated Cloud 2, the Salesforce CLI, code formatting and static analysis. Everything needed before writing a line of Apex.

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Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Developer LWC Tutorial – How to use Live Component Preview for ULTRA FAST LWC Development Why This Is Useful Building a Lightning Web Component normally goes like this: change some code, save, wait for the deploy, switch to your browser, refresh,… 28 Apr 2026 4 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Developer Tutorial – How to use the Apex Replay Debugger to Debug FAST in VSCode Why This Is Useful Most Apex debugging is people sprinkling System.debug() everywhere, saving, re-running, reading a wall of log, adding more debug statements, and repeating until… 24 Apr 2026 4 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Developer Quick Tip: How to Run Anonymous Apex in Visual Studio Code As an Apex developer, you often need to quickly test a class or verify logic without going through the full process of writing a formal test… 18 Jan 2026 3 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Developer Tutorial – How and Why to use Scratch Orgs for Development Why This Is Useful You’ve probably been developing in a Developer Edition org or a sandbox. Both work. Both also accumulate junk: half-finished experiments, test data… 6 Oct 2021 4 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Development Tutorial: How to use the SFDX Scanner Salesforce CLI Plugin for Static Code Analysis Why Use Static Code Analysis Tools? There are two major reasons to use static code analysis tools: 1) They make you a better developer. These industry… 18 Oct 2020 2 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Development Tutorial: How to Setup Uncrustify to automatically format your code in Visual Studio Code Why would you want to setup Auto Code Formatting? Aside from the fact that it’s both magical and amazing, it also enables you to easily do… 18 Oct 2020 3 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Development Tutorial: How to Setup Visual Studio Code for Salesforce Development Why use an IDE? First things first… after you use an IDE you will never ask this question again. IT MAKES YOUR LIFE SO MUCH EASIER!… 12 Oct 2020 6 min

Salesforce Development: IDE Setups Salesforce Development: How to Setup Illuminated Cloud 2 with the IntelliJ IDE What is an IDE? IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment. Its primary purpose is to make your life as a developer considerably easier by doing things… 8 Sep 2020 4 min