When you complete this course, you will be able to:

• Create custom, reusable Lightning Components and Applications
• Surface Lightning Components and Applications in Salesforce
• Build a responsive application that runs in Salesforce1 and Lightning Experience
• Define input forms with client-side data validation
• Build Lightning applications that enable a user to search, read, and update data from a Salesforce org
• Make Lightning Components available to other developers through unmanaged packages
• Theme your application by customizing the Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS)

Introducing Lightning Components and Applications

• Using HTML5 and Lightning Components to Develop Apps
• Defining a Lightning Application
• Defining a Simple Component
• Handling User Events
• Using Helpers for Complex Client-Side Event Handling
• Documenting a Component
• Using OOTB Lightning Input Components
• Working with Apex
• Debugging and Troubleshooting Your App

Surfacing a Component

• Surfacing Lightning Components
• Surfacing Components in Salesforce1 and Lightning Experience
• Building Lightning Pages with Components and App Builder
• Using Lightning Components in Visualforce Pages with Lightning
• Installing and Managing Components from AppExchange
• Packaging a Component for Distribution

Implementing Navigation and Layouts

• Working with SLDSX Components
• Using the SLDSX Tab Panel
• Implementing Buttons and Button Groups with SLDS
• Implementing a “Deck of Cards” Layout
• Using the SLDS/SLDSX Grid System
• Implementing Menus with SLDS

Building Advanced Components

• Accessing the Component Body
• Dynamically Instantiating and Destroying Component Instances
• Localizing Content
• Defining and Handling Nested Sub-tags
• Raising Events and Defining Public Methods
• Raising Salesforce1 Events
• Using Renderers
• Writing Device-Specific Code
• Using Inheritance

Working with Data

• Implementing Forms
• Validating Input Data
• Implementing a Query-by-Example System
• Viewing and Editing Salesforce Records
• Waiting for Server Requests to Complete

Theming your Apps

• Applying Colors and Typography
• Introducing Sass and SLDS Design Tokens
• Using Compass to Improve Browser Compatibility and Performance