The Idea Management components (IdeaListViewComponent and IdeaVoteComponent) are Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWCs) designed to manage and interact with ideas within a Salesforce ORG. These components allow users to view, upvote, and downvote ideas, providing a dynamic and interactive way to engage with idea records. They leverage a combination of Apex controllers and custom Lightning Web Components to deliver efficient functionality.
Key features include:
- Dynamic Idea Retrieval and Display: The components fetch and display ideas with associated vote information, allowing users to easily interact with ideas directly within the application.
- Upvoting and Downvoting: Users can upvote or downvote ideas, with the components reflecting the current vote state. Pagination: The IdeaListViewComponent supports pagination to efficiently handle large sets of ideas, ensuring smooth user experience.
- Filtering and Sorting: Ideas can be filtered and sorted based on various criteria, making it easy for users to find and prioritize ideas.
Real-time Data Fetching
- Immediate Data Load: Ideas are fetched from the Salesforce backend as soon as the components are loaded.
- Pagination: Pagination is implemented in IdeaListViewComponent to handle large datasets, allowing users to navigate through pages of ideas.
- Sorting and Filtering: Ideas can be sorted and filtered based on user preferences, ensuring the most relevant ideas are displayed.
Voting Functionality
- Upvote/Downvote: Users can upvote or downvote ideas, with visual indicators showing the current state of the vote.
- Vote Management: The backend logic handles voting operations, ensuring that only one vote per user is allowed per idea.
User Experience Enhancements
- Dynamic UI Updates: The components dynamically update based on user interactions, such as voting or navigating between pages.
- Error Handling: Graceful error handling ensures that users are informed of any issues, such as problems with data retrieval or vote submission.
For more detailed information about these components, please check out the Wiki for this repository. It includes comprehensive documentation such as:
- A Component Overview
- Details about the IdeaListViewComponent HTML
- Details about the IdeaVoteComponent HTML
- Details about the IdeaListViewComponent Javascript
- Details about the IdeaVoteComponent Javascript
- Details about the IdeaListViewComponentController
- Details about the IdeaVoteComponentController