mdne-sf - Markdown Neo Edit for Salesforce

A simple markdown and code editor powered by Markdown-it and Ace.

💎 Features

🟢 Salesforce integration features

• Edit Salesforce record's field.
• Markdown preview Visualforce example (For embedding in record detail page)

🟢 Editor features

• Live preview of Markdown, HTML, LSX formats.
• Export Markdown, HTML, and LSX into HTML.
• Code highlighting
  • C#
  • CSS
  • Dockerfile
  • Go
  • GraphQL
  • HTML
  • INI
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • JSON
  • JSON5
  • JSX
  • Kotlin
  • Latex
  • Less
  • Lisp
  • Makefile
  • Markdown
  • Protobuf
  • Python
  • R
  • Ruby
  • Rust
  • Sass
  • Scss
  • Shell script
  • SQL
  • SVG
  • Tex
  • TOML
  • TSX
  • TypeScript
  • XML
  • YAML
• Markdown extended syntax
  • Many markdown-it plugins are enabled. See here.
• Scripting and value expansion
  • See here.
• Full screen mode (F11)

For more informations, see mdne electron repo.

🚚 Distributions and Integrations

• mdne-sf
  • Edit Salesforce record's field. (browser app)
    • This repository
  • Markdown preview Visualforce page example
• mdne-electron
  • Standalone offline desktop app for Windows/Mac/Linux.
    • Electron app
• mdne online
  • Online markdown editor for Chrome/Chromium Edge/Firefox.
    • PWA (Progressive Web Apps)
• mdne (mdne-classic)
  • Offline desktop app for Google Chrome browser + Node.js.
    • Carlo app
• mdne-for-kintone
  • Edit kintone record's field. (browser app)

⚙️ Setup a deployment and contribution environment

git clone https://github.com/shellyln/mdne-sf.git
cd mdne-sf
git checkout -b my-package-releases

# Authorize a Dev-Hub org (if you haven't already done).
sfdx force:auth:web:login \
    --setdefaultdevhubusername
    --setalias my-hub-org

sfdx force:org:create \
    --definitionfile config/project-scratch-def.json \
    --setalias MdneSfOrg \
    --durationdays 30 \
    --setdefaultusername
npm install

sfdx force:source:push
sfdx force:org:open

# and try it!

📖 Usage

🟢 Formula field to open the Markdown editor

1. Click ⚙️Setup menu and click ⚙️Setup.
2. Open Object Manager and select the object you want to add report. (e.g.: Account)
3. Select Fields & Relationships menu and click New.

   Item	Value
   Object Name	Account
   Field Label	Open Editor
   Field Name	OpenEditor
   API Name	OpenEditor__c
   Data Type	Formula (Text)
   Formula	HYPERLINK("/apex/mdne#open.obj=Account&open.field=Description&open.id=" & Id, "Open Editor", "_blank")
   Blank Field Handling	Treat blank fields as blanks

4. Click Save button.
5. Select Page Layouts menu and add the field to the layout.

🟢 Show the rendered markdown on the detail view page.

1. Make a copy Visualforce page MarkdownPreviewExample_Account and edit it.
2. Click ⚙️Setup menu and click ⚙️Setup.
3. Open Object Manager and select the object you want to add report. (e.g.: Account)
4. Select Page Layouts menu and add the copied Visualforce page to the layout.

   Item	Value
   Width	100%
   Height	200
   Show scrollbars	false
   Show label	false

📦 Deploy the package (pre-release)

sfdx force:org:list

# Specify the `USERNAME` or` ALIAS` of the DevHub org listed in the above command.
sfdx force:package:create \
    -n MDNE \
    -d "Report rendering library for Salesforce LWC and Visualforce" \
    -r force-app \
    -t Unlocked \
    -v <devhub_org_username_or_alias>

sfdx force:package:list

cat sfdx-project.json

sfdx force:package:version:create \
    -p MDNE \
    -d force-app \
    -k test1234 \
    -v <devhub_org_username_or_alias> \
    --codecoverage \
    --wait 10

sfdx force:package:version:list --verbose

git add .
git commit -m "v0.1.0-1"

# Install the package in your developer or sandbox org for testing.
sfdx force:package:install \
    -u <target_dev_or_sandbox_org_username_or_alias> \
    --package MDNE@0.1.0-1 \
    -k test1234 \
    --wait 10 \
    --publishwait 10 \
    --noprompt

🚀 Deploy the package (production-release)

# Promote the package version to production.
sfdx force:package:version:promote \
    -p MDNE@0.1.0-1 \
    -v <devhub_org_username_or_alias>

# Install the package in your production org.
sfdx force:package:install \
    -u <target_org_username_or_alias> \
    --package MDNE@0.1.0-1 \
    -k test1234 \
    --wait 10 \
    --publishwait 10 \
    --noprompt

🚧 Manage the package and package versions

sfdx force:package:version:list --verbose
sfdx force:package:version:delete -p 04tXXX
sfdx force:package:delete -p 0HoXXX

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License

ISC
Copyright (c) 2020 Shellyl_N and Authors.

Bundled softwares' license

• Ace: license (BSD-3-Clause)
• Carlo: license (Apache License 2.0)
• Materialize: license (MIT)
• Normalize.css: license (MIT)
• github-markdown-css: license (MIT)
• highlight.js: license (BSD 3-Clause)
• React: license (MIT)
• pako: license (MIT + ZLIB)
• dialog-polyfill: license (BSD-3-Clause)