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Andrew Fawcett
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Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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Client-server communication

Fundamentally, any communication between the user's chosen device (client) and the data and logic available on the Salesforce server occurs using the HTTP protocol. As a Lightning developer, you rarely get involved with the low-level aspects of forming the correct HTTP POST or HTTP GET request to the server and parsing the responses:

  • For Lightning Aura Components, the $A.enqueueAction JavaScript method can be called from a component's client-side controller method to access the Apex code. 
  • For Lightning Web Components, the @wire protocol can be used to bind properties in your client-side controller to methods in your Apex code.
  • For Visualforce, the apex:commandButton and apex:actionFunction components can be used to invoke Apex code.

Salesforce also takes care of the security aspects for you, ensuring that the user is logged...

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Andrew Fawcett

Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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