LWC Blog Series: From Basics to Advanced

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Target Audience: Beginners who want to learn LWC step by step.

1. Introduction to LWC

  • What is LWC?
  • Why use LWC over Aura Components?
  • LWC vs Aura vs Visualforce
  • Setting up the Salesforce DX environment for LWC development
  • First LWC Hello World example

2. LWC Component Structure & Lifecycle

  • Understanding LWC files (.html, .js, .css, .xml)
  • Component lifecycle hooks (connectedCallback, disconnectedCallback, etc.)
  • Example: Logging lifecycle events in a simple component

3. Data Binding in LWC

  • One-way & two-way data binding
  • Property and method binding
  • Example: A simple input form with two-way binding

4. Events in LWC

  • Custom events and event bubbling
  • Handling events between components (Parent-Child communication)
  • Example: A parent component reacting to a child event

5. Lightning Data Service & Apex Integration

  • Fetching data using @wire with LDS
  • Calling Apex methods in LWC
  • Example: Fetching Contacts from Apex and displaying them in LWC

6. Navigation & Page Redirection in LWC

  • Using NavigationMixin
  • Navigating to records, lists, and custom pages
  • Example: Navigation button to open a Contact record

7. LWC Styling & SLDS

  • Applying Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS)
  • Scoped CSS in LWC
  • Example: A well-styled component using SLDS classes

8. Working with Lightning Data Table

  • Displaying a list of records in a table
  • Row selection, inline editing, and actions
  • Example: A dynamic Lightning Data Table with inline editing

9. LWC and Lightning Message Service (LMS)

  • Cross-component communication using LMS
  • Example: Broadcasting messages between two unrelated components

10. Deployment & Best Practices

  • Deploying LWC components to Salesforce
  • Performance optimizations and security considerations
  • Example: Packaging and deploying an LWC component