To get the most out of this book

We advise you to not only read the book but actually practice all the exercises in the book. By creating a developer environment and following the steps in every chapter, you will be able to better remember the content, as you will be able to see it right before your eyes. It has been proven that you learn far better by doing rather than just reading.

Every chapter also ends with some quiz questions to check whether you have grasped the content explained in each chapter.

In the Appendix, you'll find all the solutions to the quiz questions from every chapter and also the answers for the mock exam.

All the necessary instructions are provided in the respective chapters.

This book will comprise of over five hours of video tutorials.

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Code in Action

Visit the following link to check out videos of the code being run: http://bit.ly/30Fg4LY.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The Lightning Component framework can only call methods that have the @AuraEnabled annotation."

A block of code is set as follows:

 public Movie__c getMovie() {
        if(this.movie == null){

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

closeModal: function(component, event, helper){
        var navToMovieTab = $A.get("e.force:navigateToObjectHome");

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Click on the Controller link to write this part of your controller."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.