go faster with lightning - overview
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Lightning OverviewFebruary 18, 2015
Dave CarrollSr. Director,
Developer Evangelism
@dcarroll
Mary ScottonPrincipal
Developer Evangelist
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The App Revolution
Apps define:How customers engage with you
How your employees work
The Best Apps Are Never Done
http://blog.sensortower.com/blog/2014/04/15/25-top-ios-apps-and-their-version-update-frequencies/
Salesforce1 Lightning: The Fastest Way To Build AppsNew release of the Salesforce1 Platform
You Are Using Lightning Now!
Salesforce1 Is A Lightning App
Responsive UI across devices
Component-based Apps
Highly Extensible &
Customizable
Available Everywhere
The Developer-Business Divide
Custom
developmentConnect to
Data SourcesCode Business
Processes
Build
App
user iteration
user iteration
Existing app development processes can not keep up
Lightning Solves The Developer-Business Divide
ConnectProcess
Builder
A complete suite for everyone to build killer apps fast!
App
BuilderComponent
Framework
ConnectProcess
Builder
App
BuilderComponent
Framework
Integration Is the #1 Challenge For CIOs
48%
Source: Salesforce Research conducted July – August 2014 by an independent third-party Confirmit. Sample Size = 564 respondents / 1,801 responses. Data shown is % of respondents.
One-off file formats
Data replication & single
source of truth
Requires complex & costly
software
Expensive to build & maintain
Introducing Lightning Connect
Real TimeExternal data by reference. No more
ETL
Innovate in the CloudConnected data remote objects function
like native salesforce objects
Fast
Point & click integration
OpenoData standards based vendor support
Demo: Lightning Connect
ConnectProcess
Builder
App
BuilderComponent
Framework
Introducing Lightning Process BuilderAutomate business faster
Powerful
Nest flows for more complicated, yet easy to
maintain processes
Easy
Do more with clicks, not code
Extensible
Every process instantly becomes a RESTful
end-point
Demo: Process Builder
ConnectProcess
Builder
App
BuilderComponent
Framework
Component Frameworks Are The FutureAll leading platform companies are investing in component frameworks
PolymerFacebook
ReactSalesforce
LightningTwitter
FlightMozilla
Brick
Standard ComponentsBuilt by Salesforce
Custom charts Data entry tools Custom data layout Dynamic maps
Left nav Publisher bar Feed items
Tasks
Sliders Multi-view charts
Pass/Fail
Custom ComponentsBuilt by customer developers
AppExchange ComponentsBuilt by Partners (25+ today)
Introducing the Lightning Component Framework
Lightning Components Handle User Interactions
Configure
Attributes
Listen for
Events
Fire
Events
• Data updated
• Screen tapped
• Another component
changed
• Network offline
• Set color
• Set object
• Get user
• Record saved
• List scrolled
• Save offline
• Color changed
Lightning Components Improve Developer Productivity
APP or COMPONENT BUNDLE
Definition : html
Controller : js
Helper : js
EventHandler : js
Style : css
Component(s)
Cmp1 Cmp3
Cmp2 App1
App1 App2
Cmp2 Cmp2
Project 1 Project 2
Components are bundles of
resources
Bundles can be shared
cross projects, or via
component exchange
Components allow app
composition
Demo: Lightning Components
ConnectProcess
Builder
App
BuilderComponent
Framework
Organizations Struggle To Build Custom Mobile Apps
Mobile
apps are
critical
Mobile
apps
deployed
App GapLess than ½ have deployed
apps
Complexity of form factors
Limited number of developers
Multiple operating systems
Multiple platforms
Introducing Lightning App Builder
Drag & DropBuild with standard and custom
Lightning Components
Any DeviceDesign apps for every screen
from one canvas
Easy for anyone to build apps faster
Demo: Lightning App Builder
Salesforce1 Lightning: The Fastest Way To Build AppsNew release of the Salesforce1 Platform
Salesforce1 Lightning Webinar Series
3/18 3/26
Lightning
App Builder
Lightning
Component
Framework
4/2
Lightning
Process
Builder
4/9
Lightning
Connect
https://developer.salesforce.com/calendar
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