Power Platform Tips and Tricks (4) Make your app.

 Power Platform Tips and Tricks (4) - Make your app.

How to start developing an app from a scratch? 

Microsoft has created a nice plan to develop your Power App. 

The basics of making an app are as follows:

1. Plan: Identify the who, what, when, and why.

2. Design: Model the data (decide how the data you need and create will be organized, accessed, and stored) and sketch out the app screens.

3. Make: Create the app.

4. Test: Have users try the app.

5. Deploy and refine: Get your app into the hands of users, get feedback, and decide what to change or add.

Link: Planning a Power Apps Project

3. The making phase

You have now planned and designed your app. The next step is to actually make it.

Basic steps for making canvas apps

The following are the basic steps for creating canvas apps.

1. Set up the data source.

   • Set up tables (when using Microsoft Dataverse).

   • Set up tables (when using a database).

   • Set up lists (when using SharePoint).

2. Create a new app.

3. Add connectors.

4. Create the following screens:

   • Home screen

   • List view

   • View form

   • Edit form

5. Create Power Automate flows.

Basic steps for making model-driven apps

The following are the basic steps for creating model-driven apps.

1. Create a solution.

2. Set up data models by defining entities and fields.

3. Set up security roles.

4. Create a site map by setting up a new model-driven app.

5. Customize forms and views.

6. Set up business process flows.

7. Set up business rules.

8. Set up Power Automate flows.

More information: Understand model-driven app components

Developing solutions collaboratively

When developing your solutions with multiple app makers, collaboration techniques depend on which type of application you're making.

Canvas apps

You can develop canvas apps collaboratively by using Power Apps components—a set of reusable building blocks—and also by using component libraries, which are a repository you can use to share and collaborate with others on Power Apps components you've created. More information: Collaborative Development for PowerApps Canvas Apps

Model-driven apps

When developing model-driven apps, consider using solutions and environments designated for multiple app makers. More information: Solutions overview

Next blog will be step 4. Testing your App

Happy creating and developing, Martin

Power Platform Tips and Tricks (3) Design your app

 Power Platform Tips and Tricks (3) - Design your app.

How to start developing an app from a scratch? 

Microsoft has created a nice plan to develop your Power App. 

The basics of making an app are as follows:

1. Plan: Identify the who, what, when, and why.

2. Design: Model the data (decide how the data you need and create will be organized, accessed, and stored) and sketch out the app screens.

3. Make: Create the app.

4. Test: Have users try the app.

5. Deploy and refine: Get your app into the hands of users, get feedback, and decide what to change or add.

Link: Planning a Power Apps Project

2. Design

Designing the app is an important part of the process, where you start to specify what you'll be creating in the making phase based on the information you've gathered in the planning phase.

In this phase, you'll prepare the specifications and designs of your app.

Conceptual design

Conceptual design is about coming up with the design for the overall blueprint of the app.

In this section, you'll consider:

• What are the tasks involved in the app?

• What will the user experience be?

Architectural design

After you've completed your conceptual design, it's time to move on to the architectural design. The architecture design specifies how you'll use Power Apps (and other Microsoft Power Platform products) to automate your business process.

This is where you'll consider things like:

• How to store your data

• How to integrate with existing systems and apps you use already

• Designing your data structure

• Determining which type of app to make

• Determining where to place your logic

• How to secure your data

Next blog will be step 3. Making your App

Happy creating and developing, Martin

Power Platform Tips and Tricks (2) Plan your app

 Power Platform Tips and Tricks (2) - Plan your app.

How to start developing an app from a scratch? 

Microsoft has created a nice plan to develop your Power App. 

The basics of making an app are as follows:

1. Plan: Identify the who, what, when, and why.

2. Design: Model the data (decide how the data you need and create will be organized, accessed, and stored) and sketch out the app screens.

3. Make: Create the app.

4. Test: Have users try the app.

5. Deploy and refine: Get your app into the hands of users, get feedback, and decide what to change or add.

Link: Planning a Power Apps Project

1. Plan

Planning is the most important part of the app-making process. When planning, you should consider the following:

• What problem will the app solve?

• Who will use this app?

• What goals and objectives will it meet for users?

Knowing the answers helps you stay on track when you design the app. It's easy to fall into the trap of making the app as the objective, rather than solving the issue.

In this section, you'll learn about:

• Identifying the business problem to solve (the use case)

• Deeply understanding the business process

• Optimizing the business process with your solution

• Deciding whether it's worthwhile to automate the process

• Creating a project plan

Next blog will be step 2. Designing your App

Happy creating and developing, Martin

Power Platform Tips and Tricks (1)

Power Platform Tips and Tricks (1).

How to start developing an app from a scratch? 

Microsoft has created a nice plan to develop your Power App. 

The basics of making an app are as follows:

1. Plan: Identify the who, what, when, and why.

2. Design: Model the data (decide how the data you need and create will be organized, accessed, and stored) and sketch out the app screens.

3. Make: Create the app.

4. Test: Have users try the app.

5. Deploy and refine: Get your app into the hands of users, get feedback, and decide what to change or add.

Link: Planning a Power Apps Project

Happy creating and developing, Martin