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Power Apps and Vibe Coding
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Vibe Coding is the new Power Apps way of developing your apps. Do you need to understand the code behind your prompts? Well it does help a bit, but it isn’t needed.
Read more about vibe coding in my Vibe coding introduction posts
Vibe Coding in Power Apps – Is this something for you?
How to Vibe Coded your self an app.
Vibe coding and Power Platform solutions
Power Apps Controls
There are two types of Power apps controls, Classic and Modern. In the following posts a lot of information on how to use them.
Modern Combo box limitations in Power apps
The Modern Combo box may look good but if you want to convert from the classic combo box then you do have a few things to consider.
Custom menu components for navigation or a Toolbar control?
The Toolbar control is one of those controls that will make your app look good without having to do much coding. This is a great little low code control.
Power apps and Data Sources
Power Apps can connect to many data sources such as SQL and SharePoint. With the Power Platform’s flexible connector model, the number of data sources is almost endless. In this section you can read all about how to work with these data sources inside your apps.
Power Apps components
If you need help with power apps components then click on the above link. you will find many interesting posts about components and how to use them.
Power Apps tutorials
In this section you will find many Power Apps tutorials that can help you get started. If you are new to Power Apps and you want to be building your own apps then these posts will definitely help you.
You could use the templates available in Power apps, that often use Excel as a data source, or you could follow some of the step by step guides that you will find in this section.
Forms and data updates
Power Apps gives you a few different options to update data in your app. in this section will read about Patch, Update, UpdateIf and SubmitForm.
Do you want to make your forms work better? Or should they look better? The Power Platform can really do so much more than just a basic form. You will find that users will accept change so much better when change means improvement.
Power Apps Development
When you develop Power Apps you may bump into all sorts of issues. In this section I address these kind of issues and I’m also looking at any other kind of development related things.
As development can be daunting in the beginning, hopefully you will find posts that will get you started too.
Power Automate and Power Apps integration
Can you develop apps without Power Automate? Maybe.
Often however flows can help you out when you need to do complicated things within your app. The integration between the different tools of the Power Platform makes all these complicated solutions fit very well together. Although the initial learning curve for each of the tools can be a challenge, it is definitely worth putting your time into.
Power Apps functions and expressions
In this sections you will find posts about functions and expressions that you could use within your Power Apps. With its Power FX language, you can implement a lot of magic, without being a code magician. Being familiar and aware of the functions is quite important when you want to develop efficient apps.
Model Driven Apps
Do you need some help with the development of model driven apps then this section of the Power Apps user guide is for you. model driven apps make use of Dataverse, the Power Platform database system. With a consistent user interface that makes it easy to use throughout your organisation for all those processes that you want to automate and modernize.
Managing apps through solutions
This this section I will look at managing apps through solutions. solutions will help you manage your different environments and protect your apps, flows , tables and so much more.
If you haven’t started with solutions based development yet, then this is a great starting point. As always, if you need any help to get started please feel free to contact me.
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FAQs
What is Power Apps?
Power Apps is part of the Power Platform. A set of low code development tools to create business solutions. Power Apps can be used to create Apps by adding controls to screens and configure various setting for each control.
What are Power Apps used for?
In general Power apps are used for all sorts of applications within businesses. You could consider apps for data entry, but also apps that handle a processes such as leave booking, onboarding and policy and procedures. Apps can be used both on desktops as well as mobile devices.