-
How can I use AngularJS on Visualforce page if I want to invoke a method of controller?
How can I use AngularJS on Visualforce page if I want to invoke a method of apex controller and to simultaneously get the updated data on page. Want to use this to create a search functionality?
-
This discussion was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by
Forcetalks.
-
This discussion was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by Forcetalks.
-
This discussion was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Forcetalks.
-
This discussion was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by
-
3 Replies
-
You can check http://www.algoworks.com/blog/develop-salesforce-visualforce-apps-using-angularjs/
It should work.
-
Hi,
Here is the sample code:-
Visualforce page
<apex:page standardStylesheets="false" sidebar="false"
showHeader="false" applyBodyTag="false" applyHtmlTag="false"
docType="html-5.0" controller="AngularDemoController">
<html lang="en" ng-app="demoApp">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
<title>Angular Demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<a class="vglnk" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.2/css/bootstrap.min.css"/" rel="nofollow"><span>https</span><span>://</span><span>maxcdn</span><span>.</span><span>bootstrapcdn</span><span>.</span><span>com</span><span>/</span><span>bootstrap</span><span>/</span><span>3</span><span>.</span><span>3</span><span>.</span><span>2</span><span>/</span><span>css</span><span>/</span><span>bootstrap</span><span>.</span><span>min</span><span>.</span><span>css</span><span>"/</span></a>>
<script src="<a class="vglnk" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.11/angular.min.js" rel="nofollow"><span>https</span><span>://</span><span>ajax</span><span>.</span><span>googleapis</span><span>.</span><span>com</span><span>/</span><span>ajax</span><span>/</span><span>libs</span><span>/</span><span>angularjs</span><span>/</span><span>1</span><span>.</span><span>3</span><span>.</span><span>11</span><span>/</span><span>angular</span><span>.</span><span>min</span><span>.</span><span>js</span></a>"></script>
<script>
// define the app
var demoApp = angular.module('demoApp', []);
// add the controller
demoApp.controller('DemoCtrl', function ($scope) {
$scope.account = {!account}
$scope.contacts = {!contacts}
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="container" ng-controller="DemoCtrl">
<h1 style="color:Green">{{account.Name}}</h1>
<p class="lead" style="color:Gray">
{{account.BillingStreet}}<br/>
{{account.BillingCity}}, {{account.BillingState}}
{{account.BillingPostalCode}}
</p>
<b>Search</b> <input ng-model="query" /><br/><br/><table class="table table-bordered">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Id</th>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="contact in contacts | filter:query">
<td>{{contact.Name}}</td>
<td>{{contact.Email}}</td>
<td>{{contact.Id}}</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</apex:page>Apex Class:
global with sharing class AngularDemoController {
// hardcode an account id for demo purposes
static String accountId = '00128000003u3uK';global static String getAccount() {
return JSON.serialize([select name, billingstreet,
billingcity, billingstate, billingpostalcode
from account where id = :accountId][0]);
}global static String getContacts() {
return JSON.serialize([select id, name, email
from contact where accountId = :accountId]);
}
} -
Hi,
If you need to display Salesforce data to people other than those that have Salesforce accounts, Visualforce pages is the best way to go. It allows users to view, edit, or even add data without exposing the data to third party systems. For developers creating Visualforce apps is way easier than creating ad-hoc third party web apps that call upon Salesforce data.
Seeing the popularity of Visualforce, Salesforce started expanding upon the product and within few years of its launch we saw support for jQuery, brand new REST API, and ForceTK; a JS proxy calling library. However, the game changer for Salesforce and JavaScript development was when Salesforce allowed JavaScript remoting for Apex Controllers. JS remoting allowed you to access server side apex controller methods through JS directly. Along with Remote Objects, this allowed more flexibility and dynamic usage of Visualforce pages resulting in an even greater adoption of the tool. More and more organizations were depending upon Visualforce pages to display data to clients, partners, and other users now. This called for a more appealing UI for the Visualforce pages and frontend JS framework and libraries were naturally called into the fray. AngularJS being the most popular one was naturally the favorite for the task of creating eye candy dynamic Visualforce pages.
In our previous post we talked about why exactly AngularJS is great for creating Visualforce pages. In this post, we will talk about the HOWS. I am assuming that you have some general understanding of AngularJS framework, Salesforce Visualforce pages, and have experience with JavaScript.
JavaScript saw a renewed interest partially because of the success of its frameworks and partially because of greater need for a more visually appealing mobile friendly single page application. In Visualforce pages, the backend part is not that flexible but that’s because of the level of security that comes with Visualforce. The frontend part, on the other hand, is all yours. So frontend frameworks like AngularJS are greatly preferred to create organized, structured applications having good response times.
Now considering that each Visualforce app involves around CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations on Salesforce data, there are three prevalent approaches for fetching and binding data from Salesforce to Visualforce controllers.
Creating JavaScript Remote objects and using it with Visualforce,
Using JSON,
And using ForceTK libraries along with AngularJS libraries.The differences are subtle in small apps but as the complexity of your app grows, the difference would be more prominent.
The beauty of Visualforce pages is that you can start coding from the word go without opening or uploading multiple files to a server or such. So here I am assuming that you have an understanding about VF pages and can create a standalone page in the SFDC setup.
Hope this helps
Log In to reply.
Popular Salesforce Blogs
Things You Need to Consider While Integrating WordPress and Salesforce
WordPress and Salesforce are no less than a match made in heaven. When you go for a WordPress Salesforce Integration (WordPress website with Salesforce as…
Most Beneficial Features of Salesforce Sales Cloud For Any Business
Sales cloud of Salesforce is mainly used by B2B and B2C organizations to manage sales, customer support and marketing operations and the engagement strategies. The…
What is Salesforce CPQ and How Does Salesforce Work?
The sales representatives have a variety of tasks at hand and better management of these tasks results in more productivity. These tasks primarily include preparing…
Popular Salesforce Videos
Is It Easy To Get A Job At Salesforce?
Wondering if it is easy to get a job at Salesforce. Well, watch this video to get some tips and tricks. Join this useful group…
Salesforce JavaScript Developer 1 Certification Series
Hi Everyone, SFDC Panther has started the Salesforce JavaScript Certification series and this is the first session. What you will learn: Variables Data Types Operators…
How To: Build A Salesforce Career with This Tool!
Timecodes 0:00 - Intro & Overview 0:57 - Talent Stacker 3:00 - Career Progression 10:08 - Flow is the Future 13:36 - Learn More/Outro If…
