Chapter 9. Visualforce Pages

So far, you have learned a lot about the functionality of the Force Platform available to you by simply declaring attributes through the Setup menu, which in turn shapes the built-in capabilities of the platform through metadata. In this chapter, you will start to explore the ways you can extend those capabilities with procedural logic.

This chapter begins the exploration of one of the two main areas of the Force Platform that use procedural code, Visualforce. Visualforce gives you the ability to provide your users with virtually any interaction with your Force Platform data, both in terms of the user interface and the interface between their actions and the Force Platform data model.

Important

If you have been following the examples in the previous chapter, your Force Platform organization should be ready for the exercises in this chapter. If you have not done the exercises, or want to start with a fresh version of the sample Recruiting application, please refer to the instructions in the Code Share project for this book. You can find information on how to access that project in Chapter 1: Welcome to the Force Platform. In addition, the project contains instructions on how to update your organization with changes required for this chapter.