When using Salesforce DX, what does a developer need to enable to create and manage scratch orgs?

The Dev Hub is the central feature required to utilize Salesforce DX capabilities, specifically for creating and managing scratch orgs. By enabling the Dev Hub in a production or Developer Edition org, that org becomes the main controller for all associated scratch orgs. It maintains a record of all active scratch orgs, their creation status, and authentication details. Without an active Dev Hub, a developer cannot authorize or manage the lifecycle of these temporary, source-driven development environments.

1. Salesforce DX Developer Guide: In the "Enable Dev Hub in Your Org" section

it states

"The Dev Hub is the main Salesforce org that you and your team use to create and manage your scratch orgs... You can enable the Dev Hub in any paid org

such as a production org or a business org. You can also sign up for a Developer Edition org or a trial org

then enable Dev Hub." (Salesforce

Salesforce DX Developer Guide

"Enable Dev Hub in Your Org").

2. Salesforce Help & Training: The article "Enable Dev Hub in Your Org" explicitly states

"To use Salesforce DX features

such as scratch orgs

you must enable Dev Hub in an org." (Salesforce Help

Article 000323694).

3. Trailhead by Salesforce: The "Salesforce DX Development Model" module

in the "Get Started with Salesforce DX" unit

explains: "Your Dev Hub is the center of your development universe... From the Dev Hub

you can create

delete

and manage your Salesforce scratch orgs." (Trailhead

Salesforce DX Development Model).