Salesforce Developer LWC Tutorial - The Beginner's Guide to Lightning Web Components in 2026

In this episode we go over SO MANY LWC topics! We learn what LWC's are, when to use them, the four main files you'll work with in an LWC, how to display your Lightning Web Components in your Salesforce org, lifecycle hooks, javascript basics, html basics, decorators, imperative apex calls, lightning data service, and more! HTML Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz0aGYrrlhU CSS Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rs2ND1ryYc JavaScript Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkZNo7MFNFg Chrome Dev Tools Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1c5tNPpXjs Lightning Web Component Library: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/overview/components Lightning Design System Utility Classes: https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/2e1ef8501/p/05098e-utility-classes LWC Lifecycle Hooks Tutorial: https://youtu.be/Kc4xtTKbLMM Exception Handling Tutorial: https://youtu.be/Q9hxSqlIaUY Jest Testing Tutorial: https://youtu.be/e3LWCIUBf2Q VSCode Setup Tutorial: https://youtu.be/uhuGpLWXdE8 IntelliJ Setup Tutorial: https://youtu.be/GYAQbs0Z-pc Schedule Salesforce consulting time with me here: https://calendly.com/codingwiththeforce/60minuteconsult Please consider donating to help continue to improve the content produced for Coding With The Force: https://www.paypal.com/donate?business=RNHEF8ZWKKLDG&currency_code=USD Get Coding With The Force Merch Here: https://my-store-d20559.creator-spring.com/ Follow all of our social media here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CodingWithTheForce Github: https://github.com/Coding-With-The-Force Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codingwiththeforce/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coding_Force Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codingwiththeforce/ Salesforce development books I recommend: Advanced Apex Programming: https://amzn.to/3lXi8to Salesforce Lightning Platform Enterprise Architecture: https://amzn.to/2R0D4BQ Mastering Salesforce DevOps: https://amzn.to/3lTtTRN Good Non-SF Specific Development Books: Clean Code: https://amzn.to/35PuMDU Clean Architecture: https://amzn.to/35FYo6A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents: 0:00 - Intro 2:09 - What are LWC's and When to use them 4:54 - How to Create an LWC 9:00 - The four main LWC files 14:20 - How to display an LWC in Salesforce 20:19 - Adjusting our Session Settings for LWC Development 22:15 - Adding elements to our HTML Template 25:38 - Using components from the LWC component library 31:52 - JavaScript variables and methods 37:41 - Displaying our JavaScript data in our HTML using Data Binding 41:00 - The three decorators available to use in LWCs 42:52 - The API decorator 45:22 - Using the API decorator to get the recordId and objectApiName 49:56 - The track decorator 53:30 - The wire decorator and the lightning data service (LDS) 1:12:16 - Demoing the wire decorator and LDS 1:14:11 - Retrieving data using imperative apex calls 1:31:23 - The browser inspector console 1:36:44 - How to view our LWC in the Browser inspector sources tab 1:39:58 - LWC Lifecycle Hooks 1:45:28 - Child to Parent LWC communication 1:57:23 - Parent to Child LWC communication 2:05:14 - Outro DISCLAIMER: The views and ideas expressed on this YouTube channel and blog are based on past development experiences and may not always work for your particular scenarios. The advice in these videos may also become outdated as technology advances. They should be used as examples for educational purposes only. Using any shown solutions in your own org is not advisable since they are example scenarios. #salesforce #salesforcedeveloper #salesforceadmin