1.    Introduction

Guidefor setting up Visual Studio Code and Salesforce DX.

2.    Prerequisites

·        Java Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit

You needto have either version 8 or version 11 of the JDK installed. If you don’talready have version 8 or 11 of the JDK installed, you can install the latestversion of the Java 8 JDK from Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads

1.     Setup Salesforce CLI

3.       Downloadand Install Salesforce CLI using given link: https://developer.salesforce.com/tools/sfdxcli

4.      Validate CLI installation – type sfdxcommand in command prompt or terminal. You should be output as below.

2.     Install Visual Studio Code

·        Downloadvisual studio code from : https://code.visualstudio.com/download

·        Followon screen instructions to install visual studio code

3.     Setup Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code

·        Open VisualStudio Code and navigate to Extensions tab.

·        Searchfor ”Salesforce Extension Pack” in search box. You shoud see first option asSalesforce extension listed.

·        SelectSalesforce Extension Pack and Install as VS Code extension

4.    Install Git

Install Git : https://git-scm.com/download/win

5.     SFDX Project setup

·        Open new window and select “command palette…”.

·        Select “SFDX: Create Project with Manifest…”.You can type “sfdx:” to get the list of all sfdx related commands

·        Select “Standard Project Template”

·        Provide name of your project

·        Save to the specific location and you will havebasic project folder structure created as shown below

·        Authorize your Org with project. Open commandpalette and choose “SFDX: Authorize an Org”. Then selecttest.salesforce.com with your username to authenticate. Then it will navigateto webpage to authorise.

You shouldsee successfully authorised message into Visual studio output.

·        Replace your “package.xml with default createdmanifest file located at ./manifest/package.xml

·        Right click package.xml and select “SFDX:Retrieve Source in Manifest from Org”.

·        This may take quite a time based on components configuredin manifest file. Once all components retrieved you will have your projectconfigured will all components.

6.     Additional DX options to work with Org

·        Retrieve only specific components from org usingdx. Retrieve only “classes” components from Org.

·        Deploy specific components to Org.

7.     SFDX Diff Plugin installation

·        This plugin would be required to check thedifference between the Org and the local. This comes in handy for defectresolution.

·        Open terminal and run the below command:

·        sfdx plugins:install @salesforce/sfdx-diff

8.     Optional tools

·        VS Code ESLint extension

·        Prettier - Code formatter extension

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