Lightning Web Components (LWC)
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What is Lightning Web Components (LWC)?
Lightning Web Components (LWC) is a web standards-based programming model for building user interfaces on the Salesforce platform. It leverages custom HTML elements, web components, and modern JavaScript features to offer improved performance and easier development compared to the older Aura framework. LWC is commonly used to build custom Salesforce applications, components for Experience Cloud sites, and components for the Salesforce mobile app.
What other technologies are related to Lightning Web Components (LWC)?
Lightning Web Components (LWC) Competitor Technologies
Visualforce
Visualforce is an older Salesforce technology for building user interfaces. LWC is the modern replacement for building Salesforce UIs, thus is a competitor.
Aura
Aura Components are an older Salesforce technology for building user interfaces. LWC is designed as the modern replacement.
Lightning Components
"Lightning Components" as a generic term includes both Aura and LWC. Therefore, Aura is a competitor to LWC. LWC is not a competitor to itself.
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Lightning Web Components (LWC) Complementary Technologies
Apex
Apex is a server-side programming language for Salesforce. LWC often uses Apex for data access and server-side logic.
SOSL
SOSL is a Salesforce Object Search Language. While not directly used in LWC code, it is often used with Apex which LWC leverages for data retrieval.
Apex Triggers
Apex Triggers are server-side logic that LWC might indirectly interact with through Apex classes.
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Which job functions commonly mention Lightning Web Components (LWC)?
Salesforce Developer
3.7% of all Salesforce Developer jobs mention Lightning Web Components (LWC)
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Salesforce Administrator
0.4% of all Salesforce Administrator jobs mention Lightning Web Components (LWC)
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Information Technology
493 Information Technology jobs mention Lightning Web Components (LWC)
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Cloud Engineer
19 Cloud Engineer jobs mention Lightning Web Components (LWC)
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Software Engineer
93 Software Engineer jobs mention Lightning Web Components (LWC)
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