Define Javascript Remoting for Salesforce Apex Controllers.

Hi

JavaScript remoting is a tool that front-end developers can use to make an AJAX request from a Visualforce page directly to an Apex controller. JavaScript remoting allows you to run asynchronous actions by decoupling the page from the controller and to perform tasks on the page without having to reload the entire page.

JavaScript code can be written in a Visualforce page and can be included in a Visualforce page by using a static resource within the script.

Example: Code snippet

<script type=”text/javascript”>
function getRemoteAccount() {
var accountName = document.getElementById(‘acctSearch’).value;
Visualforce.remoting.Manager.invokeAction(
‘{!$RemoteAction.MyController.getAccount}’,
accountName,
function(result, event){
if (event.status) {
// Code for callback handling
}
}, {escape: true}
);
}
</script>

Controller:

@RemoteAction
global static String getItemId(String objectName) { … }

Thanks

JavaScript remoting is optimized for use on mobile pages and on pages that use third-party JavaScript libraries. It enables dynamic, interactive pages that feel more responsive than traditional Visualforce pages.

JavaScript remoting is an alternative to standard Visualforce AJAX components and Visualforce Remote Objects. It provides a more idiomatic way of interacting with the Lightning platform from JavaScript. JavaScript remoting allows you to use familiar JavaScript practices and structures and makes leveraging other JavaScript frameworks and tool kits easier for front-end developers. Remoting creates a more responsive experience that’s ideal for mobile pages or any other page where your use case requires maximum efficiency and performance. Because it’s asynchronous, you can load only the initial page and the data that you need to display the page, and then lazily load additional data that might not be used on the page immediately. You can even use this method to pre-load data for pages or views that the user hasn’t accessed.

Although JavaScript remoting can provide an efficient, responsive, and optimized user experience, it’s not without limitations. It can take extra time to develop pages that use it, and you need to change how you develop and think about the flow of the page. Because you aren’t using forms and there’s no view state associated with the request, you have to manage the state of the page yourself, on the client side. On the other hand, there’s nothing that prevents you from combining JavaScript remoting with the standard Visualforce MVC design paradigm. As always, keep the problem that you’re trying to solve foremost when determining your design. JavaScript remoting is one of many tools available to you.

Thanks.