b2c-developer-tooling

Guide for creating Business Manager extension cartridges in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Create Business Manager extension cartridges for B2C Commerce. Use when building admin tools, BM menu items, or custom BM pages (bm_* cartridges). Covers bm_extensions.xml, menu items, dialog actions, and form extensions.

Guide for creating storefront controllers in Salesforce B2C Commerce (SFRA and classic patterns)

Create storefront controllers in SFRA or classic B2C Commerce patterns. Use when building pages, handling form submissions, creating AJAX endpoints, or working with server.get/server.post, res.render, res.json, and middleware chains. Also covers URLUtils for URL generation.

Guide for developing SCAPI Custom APIs on Salesforce B2C Commerce

Develop Custom SCAPI endpoints for B2C Commerce. Use when creating REST APIs, defining api.json routes, writing schema.yaml (OAS 3.0), or building headless commerce integrations. Covers cartridge structure, endpoint implementation, and OAuth scope configuration.

Custom cache definition and usage with CacheMgr and Cache classes

Implement custom caching with CacheMgr in B2C Commerce. Use when adding application-level caching, cache invalidation, or optimizing performance with custom cache regions. Covers cache definition JSON, CacheMgr API, and cache entry lifecycle.

Guide for creating custom job steps in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Create custom job steps for B2C Commerce batch processing. Use when writing scheduled tasks, data sync jobs, import/export scripts, or any server-side batch processing code. Covers steptypes.json, chunk-oriented processing, and task-oriented execution. For running existing jobs, use b2c-job instead.

Guide for creating forms with validation in Salesforce B2C Commerce (SFRA patterns)

Create forms with validation in SFRA patterns for B2C Commerce. Use when building checkout forms, account forms, or any form with field definitions, validation rules, and error handling. Covers form XML definitions, server-side validation, and template rendering.

Implement hooks using HookMgr and extension points in B2C Commerce. Use when extending OCAPI/SCAPI behavior, handling system events like order calculation, or registering custom hook implementations. Covers hooks.json, dw.ocapi hooks, and custom extension points.

Hook registration, HookMgr, OCAPI/SCAPI hooks, and system extension points

Guide for working with ISML templates in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Work with ISML templates in B2C Commerce. Use when writing storefront templates, using isprint/isset/isloop tags, understanding ISML expressions (${...}), or creating custom template modules. Covers tag syntax, expression language, and template includes.

Localize templates, forms, and content in B2C Commerce. Use when adding translations, working with resource bundles (*.properties files), using Resource.msg, or implementing multi-locale support. Covers locale folders, string externalization, and date/currency formatting.

Guide for localizing templates, forms, and content in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Implement logging in B2C Commerce scripts using dw.system.Logger. Use when adding debug output, error tracking, or custom log files to server-side code. Covers getLogger, log categories, log levels (debug, info, warn, error, fatal), and custom named log files.

Guide for implementing logging in Salesforce B2C Commerce scripts

Guide for working with site metadata XML in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Work with B2C Commerce site metadata XML for custom attributes and object types. Use when defining custom attributes on products/orders/customers, creating custom object types, or setting site preferences via XML import. Covers system-objecttype-extensions.xml and custom-objecttype-definitions.xml.

Guide for creating Page Designer pages and components in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Create Page Designer pages and components in B2C Commerce. Use when building visual merchandising tools, content slots, or experience API integrations. Covers page types, component types, regions, and attribute definitions.

Guide for implementing web service integrations in Salesforce B2C Commerce

Implement web service integrations in B2C Commerce using LocalServiceRegistry. Use when calling external APIs, configuring service credentials in services.xml, handling HTTP requests/responses, or implementing circuit breakers. Covers HTTP, SOAP, FTP, and SFTP services.