Beginning Power Apps: The Non-Developer's Guide to Building Business Applications

ISBN-13: 9781484266823 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 943 str.

Tim Leung

Opis

Beginning user level

Spis treści

Part I: Power App Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Introducing Power Apps

Chapter 2: Subscribing to Power Apps

Chapter 3: Creating Your First App

Chapter 4: Sharing Apps

Chapter 5: Using  Formulas

Part II: Working with Data

Chapter 6: Setting Up SharePoint, SQL, and more 

Chapter 7: Working with Tables and Rows

Chapter 8: Searching and Retrieving Data

Part III: Developing Canvas Apps

Chapter 9: Canvas App Design

Chapter 10: Using Simple Controls

Chapter 11: Using Table/Record Data Controls

Part IV: Developing Model Driven and Portal Apps

Chapter 12: Building a Dataverse Database

Chapter 13:Developing Model-Driven Apps

Chapter 14: Building Portal Apps

Chapter 15: Retrieving Data from Portal Apps.

Part V: Enhancing Apps

Chapter 16: Working with Images and Media

Chapter 17: Storing and Retrieving Files

Chapter 18: Integrating Maps and Location Services

Chapter 19: Charting Data

Chapter 20: Adding Artificial Intelligence to Apps

Part VI: Reusability

Chapter 21: Building Reusable Canvas Components

Chapter 22: Building Reusable Code Components

Part VII: Offline and Integration

Chapter 23: Working Offline

Chapter 24: Creating Custom Data Connectors

Part VIII: Administration 

Chapter 25: Using Power Automate

Chapter 26: Transferring Apps and Data

Chapter 27: Administering Security

Appendix A - Sample App Data Structure

O autorze

Tim Leung is a software developer with more than 10 years of experience in designing and building large-scale commercial applications. He is a recognized expert in the field of rapid application development and his previous publication with Apress, Visual Studio LightSwitch, covers this topic in depth. Tim is a Microsoft certified developer, a chartered member of the British Computer Society, and holds a degree in information technology.

Blurb

Transform the way your business works with easy-to-build apps. With this updated and expanded second edition, you can build business apps that work with your company's systems and databases, without having to enlist the expertise of costly, professionally trained software developers.

In this new edition, business applications expert Tim Leung offers step-by-step guidance on how you can improve all areas of your business. He shows how you can replace manual or paper processes with modern apps that run on phone or tablet devices. For administrative and back-office operations, he covers how to build apps with workflow and dashboard capabilities. To facilitate collaboration with customers and clients, you’ll learn how to build secure web portals with data entry capabilities, including how to customize those portals with code.

This hands-on new edition has 10 new chapters—including coverage on model-driven and portal apps, artificial intelligence, building components using the Power Apps Component Framework, using PowerShell for administration, and more—complete with context, explanatory screenshots, and non-technical terminology.

What You Will Learn

• Create offline capable mobile apps and responsive web apps
  
• Carry out logic, data access, and data entry through formulas
• Embellish apps with charting, file handling, photo, barcode, and location features
• Set up Common Data Service, SharePoint, and SQL data sources
• Use AI to predict outcomes, recognize images, and analyze sentiment
• Integrate apps with external web services and automate tasks with Power Automate
• Build reusable code and canvas components, make customizations with JavaScript
• Transfer apps and data, and secure, administer, and monitor Power Apps environment

This book is for beginners and non-developers, and assumes no prior knowledge of Power Apps.

Tim Leung is a software developer with more than 10 years of experience in designing and building large-scale commercial applications. He is a recognized expert in the field of rapid application development and his previous publication with Apress, Visual Studio LightSwitch, covers this topic in depth. Tim is a Microsoft certified developer, a chartered member of the British Computer Society, and holds a degree in information technology.