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Release 0.1.0

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Nicolas Despres
Nicolas Despres
Senior Program Architect at Salesforce
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Release 0.1.0 is out this week and the extension already have more than 50 users.

But wait - what is Salesforce Explorer ?​

Salesforce Explorer is a productivity tool provided as a chrome extension intended for Salesforce administrators and developers. It contains features I needed on some of my previous assignments that I decided to package.

What is included ?​

Here is the list of the most important features provided:

Multi org

Connect to multiple orgs to browse and compare records across them.

Object Manager

Retrieve key information on the objects you use the most.

server down

Explore Data

Chain requests and Query data across multiple orgs with ease

Explore Code

Extract JSDoc information from your LWCs and your Apex to generate a status report

Explore Omnistudio

Get an overview of your omniscripts, DataRaptors and your flexcards

deliveries

Explore Products

Explore Insurance Products with their coverage, attributes, rules and dependencies

Interact with ChatGPT

Get Contextualized help with ChatGPT to facilitate your work.

Compare records

Compare any other record in your orgs such as Flexipages, accounts or Flows.

But why?​

Most of the time I started working on something because I needed it on my project and I could not find the capability in salesforce or I was not comfortable with the user experience.

How is it built?​

It is built with React, Typescript and React SLDS to provide a salesforce like UX experience.

Why not an Appexchange?​

Web extension architecture offers the following advantages

  • First and foremost: No need to be admin of your org to install/use it!
  • A single installation is enough for all your orgs
  • React, Typescript, webpack and friends offer a better developer experience than lwc
  • Interestingly you can access the tooling API from a web extension and in LWC to do the same you need to a configuration with a connected app which is more complex in my opinion

Is it open source?​

Not yet, but the plan is to make it open source - code needs to be cleaned and documented first.

Can you use it on your project?​

Yes please try it out and let me know what you think. You can provide feedback here

Is it secure?​

Yes, like for the appexchange, chrome makes a security review for chrome extension and it has been approved