How to Implement a Lightning Component with Apex Controller
In this blog post, we will walk through the steps required to implement a Lightning Component that retrieves and displays a list of contacts from Salesforce using an Apex controller. Step 1: Implement an Apex Controller First, we need to create an Apex controller that will handle the server-side logic for fetching contacts. The following code defines a simple class named ContactsController : public class ContactsController { @AuraEnabled public static List<Contact> getContacts() { return [SELECT Id, Name, Email FROM Contact ORDER BY CreatedDate ASC]; } } Explanation: The @AuraEnabled annotation makes the method accessible to Lightning Components. The method getContacts performs a SOQL query to retrieve the contact records, sorting them by creation date in ascending order. Step 2: Implement the JavaScript Controller Next, we need to create the JavaScript controller for our Lightning Component. This controller will call the Apex method to fetch the c...