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Salesforce Development Tools

Salesforce provides various tools for all phases of app development.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic or Lightning Experience (depends on tool)
The available tools vary according to which Salesforce Edition you have.

This table summarizes the functionality of the various Salesforce development tools.

Tool Code Debug Test Deploy Available From
Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark Visual Studio Code Marketplace
Agentforce Vibes IDE (Code Builder) checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark Setup
           
Salesforce CLI checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark developer.salesforce.com
DevOps Center checkmark   checkmark checkmark Setup
Developer Console checkmark checkmark checkmark   Your Name or the quick access menu (Setup gear icon)
Web Console checkmark checkmark checkmark   Quick access menu (Setup gear icon)
Visualforce development mode footer checkmark       Setup or your personal settings
Code editor checkmark       Setup
Apex Test Execution     checkmark   Setup
Change Sets       checkmark Setup

Ant Migration Tool

The Ant Migration Tool has reached its end of life. The last released version was Winter ’24 (v59.0) and it will no longer be updated with new functionality. SF CLI is now the recommended tool. 

       checkmark developer.salesforce.com

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