In the first blog of the Salesforce Lightning Migration series, we discussed the Lightning Platform and the Lightning App Builder in detail. Now, it’s time to differentiate between Salesforce Classic and Salesforce Lightning to give a clear picture of the two and how the latter one can prove to be more beneficial.
When compared to other CRM contenders, Salesforce Classic feels quite outdated to some degree. But with the Lightning Experience in the picture, the mindsets of users have changed in favor of the world’s no. 1 CRM. the platform has a refreshed UI that focuses on displaying the information visually, as opposed to relying on numbers.
Differences Between Salesforce Classic vs Lightning
To provide more clarity on the topic, here are a few points that depict how Salesforce Classic and Salesforce Lightning differ from each other:
1. Enhanced User Experience
One of the major differences between Salesforce Classic and Salesforce Lightning is the user interface. The latter offers a much better user interface experience to its users that includes features like the drag-and-drop functionality that can be achieved without any code. Instead of hiring a Salesforce developer to create a Salesforce page or modify it, the page components can easily be rearranged by an admin according to their liking.
Furthermore, Lightning helps in toning down the need for Visualforce for every task. The codes that are created during any kind of development need to be tested and then deployed. In case of missed bugs, the code is sent back to the developer to fix and the process starts over again. But with the help of Salesforce Lightning, these types of tedious processes can be avoided.
Lightning does not mean that companies don’t need Visualforce developers anymore. Lightning provides a helping hand to the developers by moving minor customization tasks to the admins, which allows developers to focus on larger Salesforce app development projects.
2. Higher Security
With Salesforce Lightning comes enhanced security. For instance, LockerService is a feature that separates Lightning components for them to interact with each other. This helps in safeguarding the platform from malicious data. No such feature can be found in the Classic mode.
Permissions, too, work quite distinctly in Salesforce Lightning. The platform does not allow users to raise their assurance levels, say from standard to high, in-session. For that, they will have to log out of the Lightning platform and sign in again with authentication with a higher assurance level.
3. Einstein (Wave) Analytics
While an enhanced and upgraded user interface and security are the points strong enough for the comparison, Salesforce Lightning also provides users with access to Einstein (Wave) Analytics reporting, which the Classic does not. For creating graphs, charts, and lists, the Salesforce Classic reports depend on standard reporting types. At the time the data is refreshed, these dashboards prove to be a great option for capturing a view of important metrics.
When we talk about Einstein Analytics, it is a whole different deal. The platform carries its own database that is fetched from Salesforce and updates each hour automatically. Also, the dashboard displays the most recent, refreshed data.
That’s not all. Einstein Analytics comes with various other features, like:
- Dashboard exports as pictures
- Widget editing right on the dashboard
- Advanced formula calculation
4. Progressive platform
In its initial days, Lightning was looked down at because of its transition and compatibility issues with objects, custom code, and apps. But gone are those days, and the platform has evolved with the ability to support all custom metadata objects, making it a lot simpler for companies to transition their existing apps and workflows with no requirements of building from scratch.
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5. Hassle-free Lead Generation
Although Salesforce Classic enables you to create leads, the Lightning Experience offers more components in order to manage sales processes better. For instance, the Activity timeline in the Lightning mode allows users to identify what’s been achieved for a specific lead and presents the details of every meeting, task, or call. The Path component enables the tracking of various stages involved in the business process, whereas, the News component offers updates about the leads on time.
Conclusion
Salesforce Classic was huge in the 2000s. But with continuous advancements in the realm of Salesforce, the Lightning mode has taken over and prompted users to switch to a cooler UI. In time, the Salesforce Classic interface will seize to receive updates and Salesforce will stop maintaining it entirely.
With the third part of the Salesforce Lightning Platform series, you will get to know about the benefits that come with Salesforce Lightning Migration that might help you decide when and how to migrate to Lightning. Stay tuned and contact Algoworks for Salesforce Lightning Migration!
General FAQs
Salesforce is a cloud computing service as a software (SaaS) company that specializes in customer relationship management (CRM). Salesforce’s services allow businesses to use cloud technology to better connect with customers, partners, and potential customers.
Lightning Experience is a modern user interface that helps your sales reps sell faster and your service reps support customers more productively. Lightning Experience includes many new features and entirely redesigned pages, but not every Salesforce feature is supported in Lightning Experience.
Migration to Lightning Experience is one of the top transformational initiatives for all who have made significant investments in the Salesforce.com platform over the years. The new Lightning architecture offers a significant improvement to user experience, offers better device support, and brings intelligence to the platform.
It depends on your experience as a developer on Salesforce.com. If you are a business, it is best to hire certified Consultants or company that provides development, migration or customization services on Salesforce.
While the User Interface(UI) upgrade alone is superior enough compared to Salesforce Classic reporting, Lightning gives users access to Einstein Wave Analytics reporting. The platform has its own database pulled from Salesforce and is automatically updated every hour.
You can continue to use Salesforce Classic as long as you like, and we will continue to support the Classic UI. Salesforce has no plans to drop support for classic. It will be around for a long time to come.
Its proficiency in on-demand software helps reduce the cost for customers as it provides a common networking, hardware and software platform. Customers can improve sales and enhance communication through various SaaS offerings of Salesforce namely Salesforce Chatter, Sales Cloud, and Service Cloud applications.
There are three. Lightning Component Framework: A UI development framework similar to AngularJS or React. Apex: Salesforce’s proprietary programming language with Java-like syntax. And Visualforce: A markup language that lets you create custom Salesforce pages with code that looks a lot like HTML.
Pratyush Kumar
