Two best practices that should be considered when using a custom Lightning component to fulfill a specific business requirement are:

Find the closest Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) Blueprint to help inform the custom Lightning component. The SLDS is a collection of design guidelines, UI components, and code samples that help you create consistent and beautiful user interfaces for Lightning applications. The SLDS Blueprints are examples of common UI patterns and components that are built with the SLDS and follow the design principles and best practices. The Blueprints can help you inform the custom Lightning component by providing inspiration, guidance, and code snippets that you can modify and reuse. The Blueprints can also help you ensure that the custom Lightning component is compatible and consistent with the rest of the Lightning application and the Salesforce platform. [UX Designer Certification Prep: Salesforce Design System],  Lightning Design System Website

Exhaust the list of available base Lightning components in the Component Library. The base Lightning components are a set of pre-built UI components that you can use to create custom Lightning components. The base Lightning components are built with the SLDS and provide the functionality and interactivity that you need for common UI elements, such as buttons, icons, forms, tables, charts, and more. The base Lightning components also handle the accessibility, security, and performance aspects for you, so you don’t have to worry about them. The Component Library is a reference guide that provides documentation and examples for the base Lightning components, as well as other Lightning web components and Aura components. The Component Library can help you explore the list of available base Lightning components and see how they work and how to use them. The Component Library can also help you avoid reinventing the wheel and save time and effort by using the base Lightning components as much as possible, and only creating custom Lightning components when there is no suitable base Lightning component for your requirement. [UX Designer Certification Prep: User Testing and Evaluation],  Developer Center’s Lightning Component Library

Prioritizing Aura markup even if there is a Lightning Web Component (LWC) available, and creating HTML markup and linking the SLDS stylesheet via static resource are not best practices that should be considered when using a custom Lightning component to fulfill a specific business requirement. These practices can lead to suboptimal performance, maintainability, and compatibility issues for the custom Lightning component. Aura markup is the older syntax for creating Aura components, which are the predecessor of Lightning web components. Lightning web components are the newer and faster way of creating custom UI components for Lightning applications, using modern web standards and best practices. Lightning web components also have better interoperability and compatibility with Aura components and other web components, as well as with the base Lightning components and the SLDS. Therefore, it is recommended to use Lightning web components over Aura components whenever possible, and to use LWC markup instead of Aura markup for creating custom Lightning components. [UX Designer Certification Prep: User Testing and Evaluation],  Lightning Web Components Developer Guide

Creating HTML markup and linking the SLDS stylesheet via static resource is also not a recommended practice for creating custom Lightning components, because it can create unnecessary complexity and duplication for the custom Lightning component. A static resource is a file or a collection of files that can be referenced by a Lightning component, such as images, style sheets, JavaScript libraries, or fonts. However, linking the SLDS stylesheet via static resource means that you have to manually download and upload the SLDS files to your org, and update them whenever there is a new version of the SLDS. This can create maintenance and compatibility issues for the custom Lightning component, as

An App Builder styling property is a feature that allows a Lightning web component to expose CSS properties that can be set by an administrator in the Lightning App Builder. This way, the administrator can customize the look and feel of the component depending on the context and use case. For example, a component can have a styling property for the background color, the font size, or the border radius. The administrator can then change these values in the App Builder without modifying the code of the component.  References :

[Create App Builder Styling Properties]

 A style guide is a document that defines the visual identity and branding of a company, such as the logo, color palette, typography, iconography, imagery, and tone of voice. It helps ensure consistency and coherence across different platforms and channels, and communicates the company’s values and personality. When implementing a company’s brand on Salesforce, the style guide should be the source of truth for consistency, as it provides the guidelines and rules for applying the brand elements to the user interface. A style guide can also include a pattern library, which is a collection of reusable UI components and design patterns that follow the style guide. A design principle is a statement that expresses the core values and goals of a design process, and guides the decision making and evaluation of a design solution. The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) is a set of design guidelines and resources for creating consistent and beautiful user experiences on the Salesforce platform. It can be used as a reference and a foundation for customizing the UI according to the company’s style guide.  References :

: User Experience Designer Certification Prep: Module 5: Design User Interfaces

: User Experience Designer Certification Prep: Module 7: Implement User Interfaces

: What is a Style Guide and Why Every UX Designer Needs One

: What is a Pattern Library and Why Should You Use One?

The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) is a comprehensive library of design patterns, components, and guidelines that enable developers and designers to create consistentuser interfaces on the Salesforce platform. It includes a comprehensive library of user interface components, guidelines for design consistency and accessibility, and detailed usage instructions. Using the Salesforce Lightning Design System ensures that all design elements and interactions on Salesforce use the same set of standards and patterns, resulting in a consistent and unified user experience. For more information, see the Salesforce Lightning Design System page (https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/).

Dynamic Actions are a feature that allows the UX Designer to customize the actions that appear on the Highlights panel of a Lightning record page based on criteria such as record status, user profile, or field value. This way, the UX Designer can declutter the Highlights panel and show only the relevant actions for each record. Dynamic Actions can be configured in the Lightning App Builder instead of the page layout editor, which gives more flexibility and control to the UX Designer.  References :

Salesforce Dynamic Actions – Overview & Deep Dive Tutorial

Create Dynamic Actions in Lightning App Builder - Salesforce

Add Visibility Rules for Dynamic Pages - Trailhead

The Path component is a Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) component that can be used to represent stages for opportunities within the sales process. The Path component displays the stages as a horizontal bar with icons and labels, and highlights the current stage with a blue background. The Path component also allows users to move opportunities to different stages, view and edit key fields for each stage, and access guidance and tips for each stage.  The Path component can be added to any object that has a picklist field with values that represent stages, such as the Stage field on the Opportunity object 1 2 .  References :

Path Component

Set Up a Path for Your Sales Team

The best way to store the information of Cloud Kicks’ storage facilities in Salesforce is to use objects to represent storage facilities and fields to store facility details.  This is because objects and fields in Salesforce are analogous to database tables and columns, respectively 1 .  Each object contains a set of fields that store data values, and each record is an instance of an object 1 . Therefore, if Cloud Kicks wants to store the same information that they have in their Excel sheet, they can create a custom object called Storage Facility, and add fields for each detail that they want to track, such as location, capacity, inventory, and so on. Then, they can create records for each storage facility and populate the fields with the corresponding data.  This way, they can store and manage their data in a structured and consistent way, and leverage the features and benefits of Salesforce, such as reports, dashboards, automation, and security 2 3 .

Using objects to represent facility details and fields to store storage facilities is not a valid option, as it does not make sense to use objects as data values.  Objects are meant to represent entities or concepts, not attributes or properties 1 . Using objects to represent both storage facilities and facility details is also not a good option, as it would create unnecessary complexity and redundancy in the data model.  Objects can be related to each other through various types of relationships, such as lookup, master-detail, or many-to-many 4 . However, in this case, there is no need to create a separate object for each facility detail, as they are not independent entities, but rather characteristics of the storage facilities.  Creating a separate object for each detail would also require creating more fields, records, and relationships, which would increase the maintenance and storage costs, and reduce the performance and usability of the system 5 .  References :

Learn All About Objects and Fields in Salesforce - Forcetalks

Mastering Salesforce CRM Administration - Packt Subscription

Overview of Salesforce Objects and Fields

Object Reference for the Salesforce Platform

Understand Custom & Standard Objects Unit | Salesforce Trailhead

 The best way to apply branding to a Salesforce org using Lightning Experience is to create a custom theme in Themes and Branding. Themes and Branding is a feature that allows the administrator to customize the look and feel of Salesforce to match the branding of the organization. The administrator can add logos, default images, and colors to the theme. The administrator can also choose one of the built-in Salesforce themes, or create their own custom themes with just a few clicks. To create a custom theme, from Setup, enter Themes and Branding in the Quick Find box, then select Themes and Branding. Click New Theme and upload the logo, brand colors, and images that follow the company design guidelines.  The administrator can also preview and activate the theme for the entire org  1 .  References:  [Brand Your Org in Lightning Experience] (https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.brand_your_org_in_lightning_experience.htm & language=en_US & type=5)

Compact display density is a global user interface setting that allows users to view more content on every screen by reducing the amount of space between page elements and aligning the field labels to the left of the fields. Compact display density is suitable for text information-rich Salesforce orgs, such as Cloud Kicks, that want to maximize the use of limited screen space on laptops.  Compact display density can be set as the default for the org by the system admins, or chosen by individual users from their profile menu 1 .

Comfy display density is another global user interface setting that provides a spacious view with labels on the top of fields and more space between page elements. Comfy display density is suitable for orgs that want to emphasize readability and clarity, or that have more complex or interactive fields.  Comfy display density is not the best option for Cloud Kicks, as it would reduce the amount of content that can be displayed on each screen 1 .

Enable collapsible sections is a feature that allows users to collapse or expand sections on a record page layout. Collapsible sections can help users focus on the most relevant information and reduce scrolling. However, collapsible sections are not a global user interface setting, but a page layout option that can be configured by the admins.  Collapsible sections can be used in combination with either comfy or compact display density, but they do not affect the alignment of the field labels or the spacing between the page elements 2 .

The Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) is a set of design guidelines and resources for creating consistent and beautiful user experiences on the Salesforce platform. It provides UI components, icons, fonts, colors, and more that follow the best practices and accessibility standards of Salesforce. One of the features of SLDS is the ability to create custom themes that reflect the brand identity and personality of a company or an app. Custom themes can be implemented using design tokens, which are variables that store the values of the UI elements, such as colors, sizes, spacing, fonts, etc. Design tokens can be overridden or customized to change the appearance of the UI components without modifying the CSS or HTML code. To implement the company colors in all UI components, such as buttons and icons, using a custom theme, the UX designer should use the design tokens prefixed with “brand”, such as  $brand-primary ,  $brand-secondary ,  $brand-accessible , etc. These design tokens control the color scheme of the UI components and can be assigned the values of the company colors. For example, to change the color of the primary button to the company’s blue color, the UX designer can use the following design token:

$brand-primary: #0070d2;

 Tiles are standard components that display records or objects as a collection of boxes that contain a photo and additional information 1 . Tiles are suitable for Cloud Kicks (CK) to display contact information, including avatar, name, and title, for people who are related to a customer on a Record page, as they provide a compact and visual way to show the relevant data.  Tiles also allow users to interact with the records by clicking or tapping on them 1 .  Tiles can be customized to fit the available space and layout of the Record page 2 .  References :  Components - Salesforce Lightning Component Library ,  Tiles - Lightning Design System

 Interactive cards are compact components that can displayinformation such as avatars, names, and titles in an organized way. Additionally, Interactive Cards are designed to be responsive and can be used to display information on smaller screens, such as mobile devices, without taking up too much space. This makes them ideal for CK ' s use case, as they can display all of the required information within the limited title space. For more information, see the Salesforce Lightning Design System documentation (https://lightningdesignsystem.com/components/cards/#interactive-cards).