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LWC

Last updated May 14, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is LWC?

Lightning Web Components (LWC) is a web components programming model provided by Salesforce for building user interfaces on the Salesforce platform. LWC leverages standard web standards to offer a modern approach to developing reusable UI components, offering better performance and security than the older Aura framework, and enabling developers to build lightning-fast experiences for any device.

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What other technologies are related to LWC?

LWC Competitor Technologies

Aura is a previous generation Salesforce component framework that offers similar functionality to LWC for building user interfaces.

mentioned alongside LWC in 60% (4.5k) of relevant job posts

Visualforce is a markup language for creating custom Salesforce pages with its own controller logic. It is a competing technology to LWC.

mentioned alongside LWC in 16% (6.2k) of relevant job posts

Visualforce is a markup language for creating custom Salesforce pages with its own controller logic. It is a competing technology to LWC.

mentioned alongside LWC in 21% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

Aura Components

Aura Components are components built using the Aura framework. Aura is a previous generation Salesforce component framework that offers similar functionality to LWC for building user interfaces.

mentioned alongside LWC in 28% (720) of relevant job posts

Aura is a previous generation Salesforce component framework that offers similar functionality to LWC for building user interfaces.

mentioned alongside LWC in 45% (249) of relevant job posts

LWC Complementary Technologies

Apex is a proprietary programming language that runs on the Lightning Platform. LWC uses Apex for server-side logic and data access.

mentioned alongside LWC in 18% (14.6k) of relevant job posts

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is used to query data from the Salesforce database. LWC uses SOQL through Apex to retrieve data.

mentioned alongside LWC in 22% (4.7k) of relevant job posts

Flows automate complex business processes. LWC can be embedded in flows to create custom user interfaces or logic within the flow.

mentioned alongside LWC in 25% (2.3k) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention LWC?

Job function

Jobs mentioning LWC

Orgs mentioning LWC

Information Technology

1% (13k) job posts

13 organizations

Salesforce Administrator

10% (12.9k) job posts

3k organizations

Engineer

0% (2.3k) job posts

45 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (2.1k) job posts

407 organizations

Salesforce Developer

22% (30) job posts

23 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning LWC?

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Industry

Matching Teams

Matching People

Scientific and Technical Services

Professional Services

Finance and Insurance

Professional Services

Fidelity Investments

Finance and Insurance

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