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Useful Salesforce Plugins

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Five Chrome extensions that save time on everyday Salesforce development, administration and testing: record data inspection, code dependency search, logging in as another user, mobile simulation, and REST endpoint testing.

Key takeaways Salesforce Inspector shows every field value on a record, runs SOQL exports to Excel or JSON, imports data into standard or custom objects, and downloads metadata. Salesforce Advanced Code Searcher finds code dependencies across Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and Lightning components. Salesforce.com Quick Login As logs you in as any user in one click, with no trip to the Users page in Setup. Salesforce1 Simulator tests how your application behaves on mobile or iPad from a PC or laptop. Advanced REST client checks Salesforce and third-party REST endpoints with GET, POST and PUT.

Being a developer, its always a pleasure to have something which saves your work time. You will find lot of blog posted various plugins available for Salesforce, but here I listed top 5 Salesforce Extenstions which I have been personally using since 6 years of Salesforce Career and recommending others to use. (No paid promotion!)

Salesforce Inspector

This is the most useful plugin I ever seen till now. Following capabilities are useful:

  • Show All Data : Get all the object field values related to the record.
  • Data Export : Fire the SOQL query and copy data in Excel or JSON.
  • Data Import : Import the data in any Standard or Custom object by mapping the fields.
  • Org Limits: Dashboard showing all types of consumed limits your org.
  • Download Metadata : Download any type of metadata in zip format.

Salesforce Advanced Code Searcher

I personally use this plugin to find the dependencies in code. You can search following:

  • Apex Classes
  • Apex Triggers
  • Visualforce Pages
  • Visualforce Components
  • Lighting Component

Salesforce.com Quick Login As

Very handy tool to login with any user in single click, no need to navigate to Users page, seach with perticular user and then Login.

Salesforce1 Simulator

Best simulator to test your application behaviour on Mobile or iPad right from PC or Laptop itself.

Advanced REST client

This plugin is to test REST based integration request and reponse. You can test third party or Salesforce web service endpoints with GET, POST, PUT methods. Not specifically for Salesforce.

Mail us if you find any of the useful extension which is not listed here, so we can test it personally and list down here.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best Chrome extensions for Salesforce developers?

The five here are Salesforce Inspector for data and metadata, Salesforce Advanced Code Searcher for finding code dependencies, Salesforce.com Quick Login As for switching users, Salesforce1 Simulator for mobile UI testing, and Advanced REST client for endpoint testing.

What capabilities does Salesforce Inspector offer?

Salesforce Inspector shows all field values on a record, exports SOQL results to Excel or JSON, imports records into standard or custom objects, reports the limits your org has consumed, and downloads metadata in zip format.

How do you search for code dependencies in Salesforce?

The Salesforce Advanced Code Searcher extension searches Apex classes, Apex triggers, Visualforce pages, Visualforce components, and Lightning components from inside the org.

How can you quickly log in as another user in Salesforce?

The Salesforce.com Quick Login As extension logs you in as any user in one click, without going to the Users page in Setup first.

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