What is Apex and Visualforce?

What is Apex and Visualforce?

Apex and Visual Force. Visualforce is a component-based user interface (UI) framework that allows the development of strong and reusable interfaces. Apex is a platform for developing software as a service (SaaS) applications based on the CRM functionality of Salesforce.

What is an apex page?

This tag represents a single visualforce page. Any visualforce page should be wrapped inside a single page component tag.

Is visualforce server side?

Visualforce: The Visualforce framework provides a robust set of tags that are resolved at the server-side and that work alongside standard or custom controllers to make database and other operations simple to implement. This is a page-centric web application model.

What is Page Block?

Page block is a custom post type that will help you create custom content for specific theme positions. You can also use a page block instead of site hero section or footer. Please note that this post type must utilize the theme page builder in order to create a page block.

How to integrate Visualforce page to custom object?

I have a custom object named broker_c. We developed a visualforce page asking for the customers first name, last name , phone number and email id. Once the customers clicks on submit in the visualforce page link, all the details must be imported into the ‘broker_c’ custom object.

What is the definition of a Visualforce page?

A page definition consists of two primary elements: Visualforce markup consists of Visualforce tags, HTML, JavaScript, or any other Web-enabled code embedded within a single tag. The markup defines the user interface components that should be included on the page, and the way they should appear.

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 do you need to know about a Visualforce controller?

A Visualforce controller is a set of instructions that specify what happens when a user interacts with the components specified in associated Visualforce markup, such as when a user clicks a button or link. Controllers also provide access to the data that should be displayed in a page, and can modify component behavior.