Introduction

The new platform is a breakthrough in terms of leveraging web standards. But if you’re a developer who’s new to the salesforce world, or if your org is contemplating a shift from Aura to Lightning Web Components, this article aims to get you a little closer to the answers you need for UI development.

The Basics

For those who are not familiar, the Lightning component framework was launched in 2014 by Salesforce to enable large scale client-side application development on the web. It came with its component model and its modular programming model. From an application perspective, the Lightning Component framework is a UI framework that you can use to develop SPAs (Single Page Applications) for mobile and desktop devices. A Salesforce Developer builds lightning components and a Salesforce administrator assembles the lightning components and creates a lightning page. 

Introduction
The new platform is a breakthrough in terms of leveraging web standards. But if you’re a developer who’s new to the salesforce world, or if your org is contemplating a shift from Aura to Lightning Web Components, this article aims to get you a little closer to the answers you need for UI development.
The Basics
For those who are not familiar, the Lightning component framework was launched in 2014 by Salesforce to enable large scale client-side application development on the web. It came with its component model and its modular programming model. From an application perspective, the Lightning Component framework is a UI framework that you can use to develop SPAs (Single Page Applications) for mobile and desktop devices. A Salesforce Developer builds lightning components and a Salesforce administrator assembles the lightning components and creates a lightning page.&nbs […]