Basic Implementation

In the basic implementation, build a Visualforce page with a drop-down list at the top containing contact names and a table below it with the skills and ratings. The only skills shown are those that already contain ratings for the contact. The ratings can be edited and saved by any user.

Start by creating the page and controller in the Force.com IDE. Add a selectList component and a corresponding getter in the controller to return a list of SelectOption objects, constructed from the names and unique identifiers of records of the Contact object. Add a refresh commandButton to fetch the skills for the currently selected contact.

Build and test the drop-down list of contacts before moving on to the list of skills. Then flesh ...

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