Installing and configuring IntelliJ and Jetforce is a simple process. To get started, you need to download your specific version of IntelliJ Idea from the official website https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ and install it. Then, configure Salesforce org once in your IDE and use it however you would like.
How do I connect Salesforce Sandbox to IntelliJ?
Create a Salesforce project with IntelliJ IDEA, Illuminated Cloud and GitHubClone the git repository in your computer. Open IntelliJ IDEA -> 'File' -> 'Open' Open Git settings in InteliJ IDEA. ... Create a new branch. Create a new branch. ... Retrieve metadata from your sandbox. Check the event logs (on the bottom right).
What IDE should I use for Salesforce?
Visual Studio Code is recommended IDE for Salesforce development. We can significantly increase productivity by using the right tools at the right time. Visual Studio Code is a popular development tool for its incredible productivity features.
How do I add illuminated clouds to IntelliJ?
IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition or Ultimate Edition) PhpStorm....To install Illuminated Cloud:From within a supported JetBrains IDE, select File > Settings (Windows) or Preferences (Mac).Select Plugins in the left navigation, and start typing Illuminated Cloud in the Search field at the top of the Marketplace view.More items...•
Is Illuminated cloud free?
Note that Illuminated Cloud is a commercial offering and requires an active annual subscription-based license for continued access to its features.
Does Salesforce have an IDE?
There are even IDEs developed specifically for Salesforce: Welkin Suite, Illuminated Cloud and the Force.com IDE itself. These IDEs are modern and feature rich. Many of them include built in Git integrations to make source control easier for Salesforce developers.
What is Salesforce IDE?
The Force.com IDE is an integrated development environment for developing applications on the Lightning Platform using Apex, Visualforce, and metadata components. Designed for developers and development teams, the IDE provides tools to accelerate Salesforce application development.
What is illuminated cloud IntelliJ?
Illuminated Cloud is a powerful Salesforce development tool hosted within JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA. Illuminated Cloud was designed and implemented with the express intent of bringing the beloved feature set of modern Java IDEs to Salesforce developers.
How do you activate illuminated clouds?
Activating a LicenseClicking the Configure Application toolbar icon (visible only if you've selected View > Toolbar)Selecting Tools > Illuminated Cloud > Configure Application from the main menu.Selecting Illuminated Cloud > Configure Application from the context menu.More items...•
How do I turn off illuminated cloud?
Go into Settings>Illuminated Cloud>Validation and Deployment and all of the event handlers to Do Nothing.
What is Salesforce DX in Salesforce?
Salesforce DX is a Salesforce product in the App cloud that allows users to develop and manage Salesforce apps throughout the entire platform in a more direct and efficient way. Salesforce DX, used primarily by developers, allows users to have true Version control.
Create a JBDC Data Source for Salesforce
Follow the steps below to add the driver JAR and define connection properties required to connect to Salesforce data.
Edit and Save Salesforce Data
To discover schema information, right-click the data source you just created and click Refresh Tables. To query a table, right-click it and then click Open Tables Editor. You can also modify records in the Table Editor.
Overview
This post is about how to create a Salesforce project with IntelliJ IDEA, Illuminated Cloud and GitHub. We will create a repository in GitHub, we will retrieve the metadata from Salesforce to our local machine with Illuminated Cloud and will push our changes to GitHub repository. All the steps we will do with Illuminated Cloud.
Step 1. Clone the git repository in your computer
Create a empty folder which we store the project. For example: ‘IntelliJIDEAAndGitProject’
Step 2. Create a new branch
Create a new branch. On the bottom right, select ‘Git:<your current branch> -> ‘+ New Branch’.
Step 3. Retrieve metadata from your sandbox
Check the event logs (on the bottom right). Check there is a message related to Illuminated Cloud. Click on ‘Resolve’.
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Create a JBDC Data Source for Salesforce Marketing
Follow the steps below to add the driver JAR and define connection properties required to connect to Salesforce Marketing data.
Edit and Save Salesforce Marketing Data
To discover schema information, right-click the data source you just created and click Refresh Tables. To query a table, right-click it and then click Open Tables Editor. You can also modify records in the Table Editor.
How Git can help in Salesforce development process
Git is the most used, open source and free Version Control System (VCS). It is targeted to track file changes in your project, store the history of these changes, and resolve conflicts if multiple developers trying to change the same file simultaneously.
Salesforce and Git Workflow
There are many cool posts about the best practices how to use Salesforce and Git for development process. I will not duplicate them here and just share some links. Our goal is to figure out how to interact with Salesforce and Git within JetForcer and IntelliJ IDEA.
Compare Git sources and Salesforce Org state
JetForcer has Compare Tool which lets you compare a file from your local working copy with its version in the Salesforce organization. We can compare a particular file or even a whole project state.
Switch Between Git and ApexVCS
IntelliJ IDEA has powerful support for several Version Control Systems (Git, Perforce, Mercurial, etc.). Briefly, this support includes several important features:
Push changes to Git and Salesforce
By the way, we don't need to switch between VCS for deploying changes to the server (in terms of Git push changes to the repository), just choose one of the VCS -> Commit to ... actions on the main toolbar.
Conclusion
Here is a very concise overview of some JetForcer VCS features, just to give you a quick start. To submit feature requests or just report bugs, use the plugin’s issue tracker. A more detailed tutorial on how to use the plugin along with its features description can be found on the plugin’s site.
