Salesforce DX Absolute Beginner ( Part 5 Of 7 )
In this fifth part of the salesforce DX series, I am going to show how to set up the Salesforce DX from the existing source base without creating the package.In this post, I am extracting the metadata from the salesforce into the eclipse project. We will use this project metadata to convert into the salesforce DX specific format.
1. Retrieve the Metadata
Create an eclipse project to extract the metadata from the salesforce.
2. Login into Dev Hub from CLI
Run the force:auth:web:login CLI command. If you are authorizing a Dev Hub org, use the –setdefaultdevhubusername parameter if you want the Dev Hub org to be the default for commands that accept the –targetdevhubusername parameter.
sfdx force:auth:web:login --setdefaultdevhubusername --setalias my-sfdchub-org-pkg
3. Create a DX Project
A Salesforce DX project has a specific structure and a configuration file that identifies the directory as a Salesforce DX project.Use the force:project:create command to create a skeleton project structure for your Salesforce DX project.
sfdx force:project:create --projectname DXEx cd DXEx
4. Export The Package.xml
Export the package.xml file into the temporary directory. Type the following commands in the root folder of your Salesforce DX project:
sfdx force:mdapi:retrieve -r ./mdapipkg -u my-dev-org1 -k C:\Users\rvakati\workspace\RajV\src\package.xml
Unzip the unpackaged.zip file which is created from the above command and optionally delete the unpackaged.zip file
Convert the source code to the Salesforce DX project structure by running the following commands
sfdx force:mdapi:convert --rootdir mdapipkg --outputdir force-app
You can create scratch org by Run the following commands.
sfdx force:org:create -f config/project-scratch-def.json --setdefaultusername --setalias my-dx-scratchorg-pck
sfdx force:source:push
8.Open scratch org
You can open scratch org by running following command.
sfdx force:org:open
9. Implement the new features
Now if you wanted to make any changes you can do in the scratch org . In this example, you can create an apex class by running this command.
sfdx force:apex:class:create --classname DemoClass --template DefaultApexClass --outputdir force-app/main/default/classes/
sfdx force:source:push
Quick Recap of part 5 before going to part 6
- Create an Eclipse Project to extract metadata from the salesforce
- Convert package.xml file into Salesforce DX format.
