Developing an Apex Controller to search for accounts

In this recipe, we develop an Apex Controller using the Salesforce Developer Console. The purpose of the Apex Controller is to search and retrieve existing account records from within the Salesforce CRM organization.

How to do it...

Carry out the following steps to develop an Apex Controller, which is used as part of the account search mechanism, using the Salesforce Developer Console:

1. Click on the Setup gear icon, as shown in the following screenshot:

The Setup gear icon is located in the top right-hand area of the main home page.

2. Click the Developer Console option, as shown in the following screenshot:

3. In the resulting Developer Console window, click on File.
4. Click...