Visualforce preview
The Visualforce server is a local preview surface, not hosted Visualforce. It owns local page routes, controller flows, and preview diagnostics. It does not own exact hosted Visualforce rendering.
Use it when
Use Visualforce preview when you need local controller work, page routes, common component rendering, remoting envelopes, uploads, or preview support inspection.
Entry commands
bash
glade dev vf --project . --port 8080
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/services/data/v61.0/glade/visualforce/supportWhat this module owns
- Local
/apex/<PageName>routes and Visualforce page rendering. - Controller helpers, PageReference paths, messages, static resources, signed view state, CSRF checks, remoting, AJAX refresh, and local PDF fallback output.
- Diagnostics for Lightning Out and LWC dependencies used from Visualforce.
Requires Salesforce
The Visualforce server is a local preview surface, not hosted Visualforce. Salesforce remains the validation gate for hosted platform behavior.
Use Salesforce for hosted chrome, exact lifecycle timing, every component edge, PageReference.getContent*, and byte-for-byte PDF output.