What are Data Attributes and Why Should I Use Them? Data attributes are a truly magical thing that will, at some point, get you out of some prickly situations as a front end developer. They are essentially a way of storing data on an html element so that when a JS event gets fired your…
Why should you bother using Named Credentials? In short, it’s gonna save you a bunch of time, code and unnecessary configuration, especially when you are authenticating using OAuth. Named credentials basically simplify the authentication portion of your callouts to to external services and allow you do it declaratively through configuration. No matter how hardcode a…
Why create Utility Modules for Lightning Web Components? If you’re asking this question, I have feeling you don’t often utilize utility modules (or utility classes) anywhere… so let me be the first to welcome you to this absolutely magical world of utilities. They will make your life easier, code updates simpler and your code base…
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! Please take the time to leverage an IDE when doing development. Your work will take a fraction of the time it would take otherwise. Ever wish your code editor…
Why Would You Want to Communicate Between Component Types? There are a bunch of reasons it’s beneficial to communicate between component types but the most common ones that I have found are the following: 1) You’re building a new component and realize you need functionality that only Aura Components support, but it’s a very small…
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 like: 1) Syntax Highlighting2) Auto-completing functions names, field names, object names, etc.3) Integrating git easily4) Improving debugging functionality5) Putting your command line in the same place you develop.6) Tons…
Why This Is Useful Have you ever wondered, “How do I effectively schedule an apex class to run every single minute of the day?” or maybe every hour or second (please don’t schedule anything every second, lol). Well there’s a great way to do it, by having your scheduled apex class reschedule itself! This method…