Visualforce Components

You have already learned about Visualforce components—you used many standard components in your Visualforce pages in Chapter 9: Visualforce Pages. You can also create your own Visualforce components to use in the same way as standard components in a Visualforce page.

Visualforce components do not require the use of any Apex code, but you use a slightly different path to create these components, as well as some syntax that is only relevant for reusable components.

For our example, the particular Visualforce component you create addresses a particular need at Universal Containers. Universal Containers is fortunate in having extremely creative employees, but they are perhaps a bit too fortunate in this area. The company, ...

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