Summary

In this chapter, we covered an end-to-end lifecycle of using the standard stack of Salesforce and source control tools. Let’s recap what that process entailed.

We looked at how to initialize or clone a Git repository to the local machine, ensuring we had the latest version of the code base. Using VS Code, we were able to easily access and manage the source code, as well as run SFDX commands within the integrated terminal or from the built-in Command Palette within VS Code and the Salesforce extensions pack.

Before starting the development process, we created a new branch in the Git repository to represent the specific feature or task we were working on. This branch is typically named according to the associated Jira ticket to maintain traceability and organization. Once the feature branch was created, we switched to the new branch and started implementing the required changes.

As part of the development process, we made use of SFDX tools to create, retrieve...