What is the difference between lightning page and Visualforce page?

What is the difference between lightning page and Visualforce page?

Visualforce assists in the creation of personalised user interfaces with native hosting as a platform that includes tag-based markup language and server-side controllers. Lightning is a cutting-edge user interface framework that helps developers create immersive web applications for both mobile and desktop devices.

What language is Visualforce?

Visualforce: A markup language that lets you create custom Salesforce pages with code that looks a lot like HTML, and optionally can use a powerful combination of Apex and JavaScript.

How can I create a Visualforce page definition?

Developers can use Visualforce to create a Visualforce page definition. 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.

How is the Order of execution of a Visualforce page determined?

To fully understand the order of execution of elements on a Visualforce page, you must first understand the page’s lifecycle –that is, how the page is created and destroyed during the course of a user session. The lifecycle of a page is determined not just by the content of the page, but also by how the page was requested.

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.

How to create a Visualforce page using APEX tags?

Use the Developer Console in your Trailhead Playground to create a new Visualforce page using Lightning Design System apex tags. In your playground, click Setup and select Developer Console. In Developer Console, select File > New > Visualforce Page. Name the page ContactForm and then click OK.