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Salesforce Admin Quick Tip: How to Rename Standard Objects and Fields
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

As a Salesforce Admin, a request you will inevitably receive is to rename a standard object or field. Perhaps your organization refers to “Accounts” as “Households,” or they prefer “Website” over “Account Site.” However, if you navigate to the Object Manager, find the Account object, and try to edit its label, you’ll hit a wall….

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Salesforce Quick Tip: How to Use Lightning Data Service (LDS) in an LWC to Retrieve Data Without Apex
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

One of the most powerful features of Lightning Web Components (LWC) is the ability to fetch record data directly from the client side without writing a single line of server-side Apex code. In this Salesforce Quick Tip, we’ll find out how to use the uiRecordApi with the wire adapter to retrieve and display specific field…

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Salesforce Developer Quick Tip: How to Run Anonymous Apex in Visual Studio Code
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

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 class (especially if you aren’t strictly following Test-Driven Development). In the Developer Console, this is easy—you just open the “Execute Anonymous” window. But if you are working in Visual…

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Salesforce Admin Quick Tip: Why You Can’t See Object Tab Settings in Permission Sets
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

Have you ever created a new Permission Set in Salesforce, navigated to Object Settings to grant visibility to a specific tab (like Accounts), and realized the Tab Settings section is completely missing? It’s a common frustration for Salesforce Admins and Developers. You know the setting should be there, but it just isn’t. In this Salesforce…

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Salesforce Admin Quick Tip: How to instantly tell why a user has access to a record
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

As a Salesforce Admin or Developer, one of the most common (and frustrating) security questions you’ll face is: “Why can this user see this record?” Whether you are auditing security or trying to figure out why someone has access to data they shouldn’t, digging through Profiles, Permission Sets, Sharing Rules, and Role Hierarchies can be…

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Salesforce Developer Quick Tip – How to Dynamically Get Record Type IDs in Apex
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

As a Salesforce developer, you will inevitably face a scenario where you need to assign a specific Record Type ID to a record you are creating or updating in Apex. The “quick and dirty” solution is to copy the ID from the URL and hardcode it directly into your class. Don’t do this. Hardcoding IDs…

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Salesforce Developer Tutorial – How to Calculate the Distance Between Records Using Data Integration Rules and SOQL Distance Queries in Salesforce
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

Have you ever needed to find all the Contacts within 10 miles of an office? Or maybe locate the nearest Leads to a traveling sales rep? Typically, geo-location features like this require integrating with third-party tools or external maps APIs. However, Salesforce has a powerful native feature hidden in plain sight that can do this…

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Mastering Lightning Web Component (LWC) Styles: A Quick Guide to Styling Hooks
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

If you’ve ever tried to change the background color of a pre-built component from the LWC component library, that you are using within your own custom Lightning Web Component (LWC) you are building, your first attempt was likely somewhat confusing. Maybe you added a standard CSS class, set the background-color to green, saved the LWC,…

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The Complete Guide to LWC Lifecycle Hooks
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 18, 2026January 18, 2026

If you want to move beyond basic “Hello World” components and build robust, professional Salesforce applications, you have to understand the LWC Lifecycle. In this tutorial we’ll go over every single lifecycle hook available in Lightning Web Components. These hooks allow you to intervene at specific moments—like when a component loads, renders, or leaves the…

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The Complete Guide to LWC Jest Testing: From Setup to Advanced Mocking
ByCoding With The Force Inc January 18, 2026January 18, 2026

If you are a Salesforce developer, you know the drill: Apex requires 75% code coverage to deploy. But what about your Lightning Web Components (LWC)? While Salesforce doesn’t technically force you to test your front-end code, skipping it is a recipe for disaster. In this deep dive we break down everything you need to know…

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