Salesforce Lightning

1. Modern User Interface: Offers a modern and visually appealing user interface with improved navigation, layout, and customization options compared to Salesforce Classic.

2. Lightning App Builder: Allows users to easily create custom applications and pages using a drag-and-drop interface, enabling rapid development and customization without coding.

3. Lightning Components: Provides reusable building blocks for creating custom functionality within Salesforce applications, promoting modular development and code reuse.

4. Lightning Web Components: A newer development model for building Lightning Components using modern web standards like JavaScript ECMAScript 6 and Web Components, offering improved performance and maintainability.

Before learning Salesforce Lightning, it's beneficial to have the following skills:

1. Salesforce Administration: Understanding of Salesforce administration concepts, including user management, data security, and customization options.

2. Basic Programming: Familiarity with basic programming concepts such as variables, data types, loops, and conditional statements.

3. Web Development: Knowledge of web development languages and technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for building custom components and pages in Salesforce Lightning.

4. Salesforce Development: Proficiency in Salesforce development concepts such as Apex (Salesforce's proprietary programming language), Visualforce, and Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL).

By learning Salesforce Lightning, you gain the following skills:

1. Salesforce Development: Mastery of developing custom applications, components, and pages within the Salesforce Lightning framework.

2. User Interface Design: Ability to design intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces using Lightning Components and the Lightning Design System.

3. Customization: Skills to customize Salesforce applications and pages to meet specific business requirements and user preferences.

4. Integration: Knowledge of integrating Salesforce Lightning with external systems and services using APIs, web services, and integration tools.