Salesforce Interview Questions

Here in the interview question series i have tried to cover most of the questions that are asked to a  Salesforce Developer in an interview.

• Scenario Based Interview Questions (Include questions on lightning component as well)

• Salesforce Interview Questions on Apex

• Salesforce Interview Questions on trigger

• Salesforce Interview Questions on test class

Salesforce Lightning Interview Questions

In the below list of questions i have tried to cover the topics from which questions are asked, for scenario based questions on Salesforce Lightning please visit the scenario based interview questions link above.

1) What is  Lightning component framework?

• Lightning Component framework is a UI framework for developing single page applications for mobile and desktop devices.

• It uses JavaScript on the client side and Apex on the server side. 
• Lightning Component framework makes developing apps that work on both mobile and desktop devices far simpler than many other frameworks.

For more details visit==>Lightning component framework

2) What is Lightning App Builder?

Lightning app builder is used to create lightning  pages for Salesforce Lightning  experience and mobile apps.The Lightning App Builder is a point-and-click tool.Lightning Pages are built using Lightning components which are compact, configurable, and reusable elements that you can drag and drop into regions of the page in the Lightning App Builder.

We can create different types of pages using lightning app builder,

1)App Page

2)Home Page

3)Record Page

For more details visit==>Lightning App Builder

  

3) What is the use of $A.enqueueAction(action) and how to call server side action from client side?

$A.enqueueAction(action  ) adds the server-side controller action to the queue of actions to be executed.The actions are asynchronous and have callbacks.

For more details visit==>Calling a Server-Side Action

4) What is Value provider and What is action provider in lightning components?

Value provider is a way to access data,with value provider "v" we can fetch value of attribute from component markup in javascript controller.Value provider is denoted with v(view) and action provider is denoted with "c "(controller).

Value provider:

This value provider enable us to access value of component attribute in component markup and javascript controller.

<aura:component>

 <aura:attribute type="string" name="myfirstattribute" default="first text"/> 

{!v.myfirstattribute}

</aura:component>

Action provider:

This enable us to handle actions,event,handlers for the component.

Ex:<aura:handler  name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doinit}"/>

In Javascript controller,

({

doinit:function(component, event, helper) {
// some operations here

}

})

5) What is Attribute in lightning components?

Attributes act like a variable to store different types of values.

For more details visit==>Basic Attributes type in Salesforce Lightning

6) What is collection type in lightning components?

1)Array
2)List
3)Map
4)Set

For more details visit==>Collection types in Salesforce Lightning

7) What is the use of interface force:hasRecordId and flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes in lightning components?

By using force:hasRecordId interface in lightning component we can assigned the id of the current record to lightning component. This interface adds an attribute named "recordId" to the component. The type of attribute is string and has 18-character Salesforce record ID.

To make our component available for record page and any other type of page, we need to implement the interface flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes

For more details visit==>force:hasRecordId and flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes interface

8) What is the use of interface Lightning:actionOverride in lightning components?

Lightning:actionOverride  interface Enables a component to be used as an override for a standard action. We   can override the View,New, Edit, and Tab standard actions on most standard and all custom components. The component needs to implement the interface Lightning:actionOverride after which the component appear in the Lightning Component Bundle menu of an object action Override Properties panel.

For more details visit==>Lightning:actionOverride

9) What is the use of interface flexipage:availableForRecordHome in lightning components?


Interface flexipage:availableForRecordHome make the component available for record pages only.

For more details visit==>flexipage:availableForRecordHome

10) What is the use of interface force:appHostable in lightning components?

Interface force:appHostable in component allow it to be used as a custom tab in Lightning Experience or the Salesforce mobile app.

For more details visit==>force:appHostable

11) What is the difference between force:lightningQuickAction and force:lightningQuickActionWithoutHeader in lightning components?

Interface force:lightningQuickAction allow the component to be used as a custom action in Lightning Experience or the Salesforce mobile app. Implementing the force:lightningQuickAction in a component, component interface display in a panel with standard action controls, such as a Cancel button.

Interface force:lightningQuickActionWithoutHeader allow the component to be used as a custom action in Lightning Experience or the Salesforce mobile app. Implementing the force:lightningQuickAction in a component, component interface display in a panel without standard action controls like cancel button.

For more details visit==>force:lightningQuickAction and force:lightningQuickActionWithoutHeader

12)  What is the use of Init Handler in lightning components?

This is also called as the constructor of lightning component.The init method is called once the component construction is over, as an example if i am creating a simple registration page and i want to display some default text value after page load in my input boxes i can do this by calling the javascript controller method and setting some default value in the attributes.
                          
Basic Syntax:

<aura:handler  name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doinit}"/>

For more details visit==>Init Event in Salesforce Lightning

13) What is the use of change handler in lightning components?

The change method is called when the value in one of the attribute changes.
As an Example If i am having  attribute " Anyname", on change of attribute "Anyname" if i want to call javascript method i can do this as:

Syntax:

<aura:attribute name="Anyname" type="String" />
<aura:handler  name="change" value="{!v.Anyname}" action="{!c.doinit}"/>

For more details visit==>Change Event in Salesforce Lightning

14) What is component event in lightning components?

Component Events are fired by the child components and handled by the parent component.
We require parent child relationship between two components if we want to use component event between them for communication.

For more details visit==>Component event in Lightning

15) What is application event in lightning components?

Application event are the event handle by any component no matter what relationship between them but they should be inside single application.

For more details visit==>Application event in Lightning Component

16) What are phases and describe event propagation rules in lightning components for component event and application event?

Component event has the below phases:

1)Bubble phase
2)Capture phase

Application event  has the below phases:

1)Bubble phase
2)Capture phase

3)Default phase

For more details visit==>Event Propagation Rules

17) Explain Bound and Unbound expressions in lightning components?

We have two type of expression Bound expression and Unbound expression which we use to perform data binding in lightning components.

Let see two example:

<c:ChildComp childAttributeName="{!v.parentAttributeName}" />   <!--Bound Expression-->

childAttributeName="{!v.parentAttributeName}" is a bound expression. Any change to the value of the childAttributeName attribute in child component also changes the value of parentAttributeName attribute in parent component and vice versa.

<c:ChildComp childAttributeName="{#v.parentAttributeName}" />    <!--Unbound Expression-->

childAttributeName="{#v.parentAttributeName}" is a Unbound expression. Any change to the value of the childAttributeName attribute in child component has no effect on the value of parentAttributeName attribute in parent component and vice versa.

For more details visit==>Bound expression and Unbound expression

18) What is Aura:method in lightning component?

we can directly call a child component controller method from parent component controller method using Aura:method. This method is used to pass value from parent component controller to child child component controller.

For more details visit==>Aura:method in lightning component

19) What is Lightning:overlayLibrary in lightning components?

To create a modal box we use Lightning:overlayLibrary.To use Lightning:overlayLibrary in component we need to include tag <lightning:overlayLibrary aura:id="overlayLib"/> in component, here aura:id is unique local id. Modal has header,body and footer which are customizable.

For more details visit==>Lightning:overlayLibrary

20) What is lightning:navigation in lightning components?

Lightning:navigation is used to navigate to a given pageReference.

Following are the supported type where we can navigate,

• Lightning Component 
• Knowledge Article
• Named Page
• Navigation Item Page
• Object Page
• Record Page
• Record Relationship Page
• Web Page

For more details visit==>Lightning:navigation

21) Explain Lightning:recordForm?

Using lightning:recordForm we can create forms to add, view, or update a record. The field-level security and sharing are taken into consideration by this component so user will only see the data they have access to. 

For more details visit==>Lightning:recordForm

22) Explain Lightning:recordEditForm?

We use lightning:inputField inside the lightning:recordEditForm to create editable fields.We can use lightning:outputField as well to display read-only information. The field-level security and sharing are taken into consideration by this component so user will only see the data they have access to. lightning:recordEditForm supports the below features:

1. Display a record edit layout for editing a specified record.
2. Display a record create layout for creating a new record.

For more details visit==>Lightning:recordEditForm

23) Explain Lightning:recordViewForm ?

Lightning:recordViewForm use lightning:outputField and is used to display
information related to that record. The field-level security and sharing are taken into consideration by this component so user will only see the data they have access to.

For more details visit==>Lightning:recordViewForm

24) Explain Standard controller of lightning component (force:recordData)?

Lightning Data Service (LDS) act as the data layer for Lightning.
If we are not using LDS, every component within our app makes independent calls to the server to perform operations on a record, even if all components within our app are dealing with same record data. These are independent server calls which reduces performance.LDS identifies and eliminates requests that involve the same record data, sending a single shared data request that updates all relevant components,  it also provides a way to cache data to work offline in case the user gets disconnected, intelligently syncing the data once the connection is restored.If we have a Lightning application that creates, reads, updates, or deletes records, LDS is the best, most efficient way to do CRUD operations.

For more details visit==>Standard controller of lightning component (force:recordData)

25) What are the method available with force:recordData and What are the supported mode?

saveRecord()            // It insert or update the loaded record.
deleteRecord()       // It deletes the loaded record.
getNewRecord()  // It loads a new record template that performs an insert when data is saved.
reloadRecord() // It reruns the loading code to overwrite the current targetRecord with the current                                   attribute values.

mode can be either EDIT or VIEW.(View for displaying records, edit for creating or updating records)

26) Which mode we need to use to save record using force:recordData?

mode="EDIT"

For more details visit==>Saving a record using LDS (force:recordData)

27) Which mode we need to use to create record using force:recordData??

mode="EDIT"

For more details visit==>Create a record using LDS (force:recordData)

28) Explain  parameters used with force:recordData in the below syntax ?

<force:recordData aura:id="someId"

    recordId="{!v.recordId}"
    layoutType="{!v.layout}"
    fields="{!v.fieldsToQuery}"
    mode="VIEW"
    targetRecord="{!v.record}"
    targetFields="{!v.simpleRecord}"
    targetError="{!v.error}"
/>

recordId specify the record on which processing needs to be done.
mode can be either EDIT or VIEW.(View for displaying records, edit for creating or updating records)
layoutType specifies the layout (FULL or COMPACT).
fields specifies which fields in the record to query.
target attributes are attributes that force:recordData populates itself.

1) targetRecord is populated with the loaded record
2) targetFields is populated with the simplified view of the loaded record
3) targetError is populated with any errors

29) What parameter we use with force:recordData to handle record changes?

recordUpdated.

Sample syntax:

<force:recordData aura:id="forceRecordDataCmp"
    recordId="{!v.recordId}"
    layoutType="{!v.layout}"
    targetRecord="{!v.recordObject}"
    targetFields="{!v.recordFieldstoQuery}"
    targetError="{!v.recordError}"

    recordUpdated="{!c.recordUpdated}" />

For every force:recordData component referencing the updated record, LDS does two things.

• LDS notifies all other instances of force:recordData of the change by firing the recordUpdated event with the appropriate changeType and changedFields value.
• It sets the targetRecord and targetFields attribute on each force:recordData to the new record value. If targetRecord or targetFields is referenced by any UI, this automatically triggers a rerender so that the UI displays the latest data.

Note: If force:recordData is in EDIT mode, targetRecord and targetFields are not automatically updated.

30) What is Lightning out?

Lightning out is a feature by which we can use our lightning component inside of an external site. One of the best advantage is we can use our lightning component inside visualforce page.

For more details visit==>Lightning out in Salesforce

31) What is force:createRecord and what is the main advantage?

force:createRecord is an event that opens a page to create a record for specific entity.

Sample syntax:

createRecord : function (component, event, helper) {
    var createRecordEvent = $A.get("e.force:createRecord");
    createRecordEvent.setParams({
        "entityApiName": "ObjectApiName"
    });
    createRecordEvent.fire();
}

The main advantage is defaultFieldValues attribute inside setParams let us auto populate value on fields inside record form.

recordEvent.setParams({
            "entityApiName": "Account",
            "defaultFieldValues":{
                "Industry":"Apparel"
            }
        });

 For more details visit==>force:createRecord in lightning

32) Explain force:editRecord event?

This event opens the record page specified by recordId  to edit.

Syntax:

var editRecordEvent = $A.get("e.force:editRecord");
    editRecordEvent.setParams({
         "recordId": component.get("v.recordId")
      
   });
    editRecordEvent.fire();

For more details visit==>force:editRecord in lightning

33) What is Lightning:datatable in Salesforce?

Lightning datatable is a table that displays columns of data, formatted according to type.
Important attributes includes data, columns, and keyField attributes.The keyField attribute is required for correct table behavior. It associates each row with a unique identifier.

For more details visit==>Lightning:datatable in Salesforce

34)  To form a container around a information related to single item or group of item what we need to use in lightning component?

 Lightning:card.

For more details visit==>Lightning:card

35) On load of lightning component you are required to execute some action what you will do to achieve this?
  
   We will use "Init" Event which is also called as the constructor of lightning component.The init event is called once the component construction is over.
  
   Basic Syntax:

<aura:handler  name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doinit}"/>

36) you are asked to execute some action when value change is detected in one of the attribute what will you do?

  We will use "change" Event.

  The change event is called when the value in one of the attribute changes.
  As an Example If i am having  attribute " Anyname", on change of attribute "Anyname" if i want to call javascript method i can do this as:

Syntax:

<aura:attribute name="Anyname" type="String" />
<aura:handler  name="change" value="{!v.Anyname}" action="{!c.doinit}"/>



37) You are having a requirement to pass value from child component to parent component which type of event you will use?

We will use Component event. Component event are used in case when there is a relationship between component. Component Events are fired by the child components and handled by the parent component.



38) You are having a requirement to pass value from one component to other component which are not related but a part of same application which type of event you will use?

 We will make use of Application event. Application event are the event handle by any component no matter what relationship between them but they should
 be inside single application.



39) How to ensure field level security while working with lightning components?

Make use of Lightning:recordForm or Standard controller of lightning component (force:recordData).



40) Lightning component is what type of framework?

It is a component based framework.  It is an event driven architecture. It can called as a MVCC framework which has two controller, one is client side and other is server side.


41) How to use lightning component with Salesforce mobile app?

Make a tab for lightning component and include this tab in Salesforce1 mobile navigation.



42) What are the requirement to call a server side controller method from Javascript controller?

Method should be static and must be Aura enabled using @AuraEnabled.



43) When CRUD operations can be performed by form-based components like lightning:recordForm, lightning:recordViewForm, lightning:recordEditForm  taking field level security into consideration so what is the need of force:recordData?

force:recordData is known as standard controller of lightning component similar to we have standard controller in visualforce page. On its own, force:recordData does not have inbuilt UI. We need to define the fields for taking inputs. The lack of UI elements makes it a powerful addition. We can use it to create highly customizable user interfaces beyond what the form-based components provide. We can use custom components to display the data fetched by force:recordData.

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