Dreamforce 2024 Highlights: Essential Salesforce Developer Tools
Finally, on the last day of Dreamforce, developers received the much-anticipated updates designed to change the way they work with Salesforce. From faster feedback loops with LWC Local Development to AI-powered tools like Agentforce for Developers and Apex Guru, these new Salesforce developer tools are set to enhance productivity, streamline coding processes, and optimize performance. Here’s a breakdown of the key updates that will help developers work smarter and faster than ever before.
LWC Local Development
One of the most requested features by developers is finally in beta. Announced during the Dreamforce Developer Keynote, LWC Local Development enhances the development experience by displaying real-time updates directly in the browser without the need to deploy changes to a Salesforce org, drastically cutting down development time.
LWC Local Development in Action | Source: Salesforce
This feature is supported across web, mobile, and Experience Cloud LWR (Lightning Web Runtime) sites, allowing developers to instantly view and validate their changes as they code, resulting in faster feedback loops and improved productivity.
Agentforce for Developers
Now generally available, Agentforce for Developers equips developers with powerful AI-driven tools designed to boost productivity and streamline coding tasks. Built using Salesforce’s internal large language models (LLMs), this tool enables developers to automatically generate, explain, and document code, making the development process faster and more efficient. As part of the suite of Salesforce development tools, Agentforce helps developers streamline their workflows and build with greater speed and precision.
Agentforce for Developers Explaining a Class | Source: Salesforce
With useful prompts like /test:, /explain:, and /document:, developers can quickly test their code, receive natural language explanations for complex code blocks, and generate inline documentation effortlessly. The integration of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) ensures that Agentforce references local metadata, minimizing errors and enhancing code accuracy.
Scale center
Scale Center analyzes test runs, production events, and sandbox data to identify performance bottlenecks, such as CPU timeouts and Apex errors. Developers can set specific timeframes for analysis and receive detailed reports highlighting areas of concern, making it easy to spot and address issues before they become critical. Scale Center integrates seamlessly with other tools, like Apex Guru, providing actionable recommendations to enhance performance.
Scale Center | Source: Salesforce
Apex Guru
Apex Guru is designed to analyze both production and sandbox runtime logs, identifying issues like inefficient code, CPU timeouts, and high memory usage, while providing actionable recommendations to address them. The tool leverages Salesforce’s internal AI models to suggest improvements that align with Salesforce best practices, ensuring your code is both efficient and scalable.
Apex Guru | Source: Salesforce
Now integrated into Code Analyzer 5, Apex Guru enables developers to scan and optimize their code early in the development process, offering real-time insights and recommendations. This proactive approach ensures potential performance bottlenecks are caught and resolved before deployment, streamlining the development process and minimizing disruptions in production.
The Coral Cloud Sample App is Now Available
At the end of the Dreamforce developer keynotes, Salesforce announced the availability of the Coral Cloud sample app on GitHub. Developers can now access a fully provisioned org with Data Cloud and Agentforce, providing a hands-on experience to explore the latest innovations, including data unification and AI-driven agents, in a live environment.
Coral Cloud Sample App | Source: Salesforce
Conclusion
The new Salesforce developer tools and features announced at Dreamforce have set the stage for a more efficient and innovative way to build on the Salesforce platform. From LWC Local Development, which drastically reduces iteration times, to AI-powered tools like Agentforce and Apex Guru, developers now have powerful solutions to optimize code, enhance productivity, and streamline the development lifecycle.
These advanced Salesforce dev tools are set to reshape how developers interact with the platform, making it easier than ever to build high-quality, performant applications.
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