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# Build Slack Apps

Apex SDK for Slack enables you to build Slack apps that translate into blocks via [Block Kit](https://api.slack.com/block-kit).

![Build Slack apps](https://developer.salesforce.com/media/devoverview.png)

Before you create your Slack app bundle, make sure you have [set up your SFDX project](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-slack-sdk/run-sfdx.md). Define your app using the [SlackApp metadata type](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-slack-sdk/guide/app-definition.md). In your SFDX project, create the app definition in the `slackapps` folder.

Compose components into [views](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-slack-sdk/guide/views.md) to guide users through your app’s capabilities. A view is a root component that displays in a Slack surface: a home tab, message, or modal. To pull data into a view, bind the view to a [data provider](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-slack-sdk/guide/data-providers.md). To reference the data throughout a view, use an [expression](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-slack-sdk/guide/expressions.md).

Write handlers to respond to [Slack actions](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-slack-sdk/guide/actions.md): global and message shortcuts, buttons, slash commands, and events. When a user makes a request in Slack, an Apex handler contains the logic that responds to the request.