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# Creating and Using Custom Components

Salesforce provides a library of standard, pre-built components, such as `<apex:relatedList>` and `<apex:dataTable>`, that can be used to develop Visualforce pages. In addition, you can build your own custom components to augment this library. This chapter provides an overview of custom components and how to create them:

-   [What are Custom Components?](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-comp-cust-def.md)
-   [Custom Component Markup](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-comp-cust-elements-markup.md)
-   [Using Custom Components in a Visualforce Page](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-comp-cust-using.md)
-   [Custom Component Attributes](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-comp-cust-elements-attributes.md)
-   [Custom Component Controllers](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-comp-cust-elements-controllers.md)
-   [Defining Custom Components](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-comp-cust-creating.md)