Wrap Up Your Exploration of Lightning Components in the Force.com IDE

You’ve now learned how to create a Lightning component that renders a list of contacts from your org. You created an Apex controller class, and then added a Lightning component and an event handler. You rendered the list of contacts in the component, both with and without pizazz. What’s next?

Force.com IDE is in a maintenance-only state. We still provide support for the product through our official channels, but updates prior to October 12, 2019 will be only for critical security issues that arise. On October 12, 2019, we will no longer provide support or updates of any kind for Force.com IDE. On that date, we will also begin archiving documentation and removing download links for the product. We recommend that you start migrating to Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code or one of the great tools made by our partners. For more information, see The Future of Salesforce IDEs on the Salesforce Developers Blog.

Warning

Lightning components aren’t just for building web pages. Use them to build responsive apps for phones, tablets, and even watches to help your team move Lightning fast.

You can build components from scratch, but often it’s not necessary. Lots of other developers have made components that they’ve built available in the Components section of the AppExchange, and many of them are free. Why reinvent the wheel when plenty of wheels are already in circulation?

For a tour of Lightning components in the Force.com IDE, watch Platform Developer Tools engineer Nick Chen’s presentation at TrailheaDX ’16.

Ready to dive into learning about Lightning components? Check out the Lightning Components Basics module on Trailhead. When you’re ready to start sorting out your nuts and bolts, peruse the Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide.

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Wrap Up Your Exploration of Lightning Components in the Force.com IDE