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What does Visualforce do for the Lightning Platform?
Visualforce is a framework that allows developers to build sophisticated, custom user interfaces that can be hosted natively on the Lightning platform.
How to embed a Visualforce page in standard record detail page?
You’ll notice your page appears here (because it uses the Accounts standard controller). Select accountDisplay, and drag it to the Account Information panel. Click Save. To see this in action, select the Accounts tab and then choose an account. You’ll notice the standard display of data, with your Visualforce page embedded within it!
How to embed a VF page in a detail page?
A vf page would be available for embedding in the detail page layout provided page is using standard controller of that particular object. For example, in the below example a inline vf page of standard controller ‘contact’ would be available for embedding in contact records only.
What happens when you click save on a Visualforce page?
For example, if you use the standard Accounts controller, clicking a Save button in a Visualforce page results in the same behavior as clicking Save on a standard Account edit page. If you use a standard controller on a page and the user doesn’t have access to the object, the page will display an insufficient privileges error message.
What makes Visualforce different from other frameworks?
But that doesn’t mean Visualforce is done and gone. Being a framework which comprises of a tag-based markup language and a set of server-side controllers, Visualforce enables developers to build custom user interfaces with a native hosting on the Force.com platform.
Who are the developers of the Visualforce app?
With Don’s help we recruited Matt Lacey, Michael Topalovich, Dan Appleman, Lior Gotesman, Ryan Sieve and Peter Gruhl. Together we’ve assembled a collection of Visualforce example apps that you can use in your own practice. This is not documentation, and it is not intended to document every feature built into Visualforce.
Which is the best classification of Visualforce pages?
Let us take a look at the classification of Visualforce pages: Visualforce Page – A markup language like HTML is used for designing the layout of pages. Custom Controller – Apex code is used to handle backend processing (server-side operations) implemented at the VF page.