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

Build mobile apps that specifically target your company’s unique business needs, with the same ease of writing a simple spreadsheet! With this updated and expanded second edition of the popular book, Beginning Power Apps, you will build business apps designed to 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 guides you step-by-step through the process of building your own mobile app. He assumes no technical background, but if you have worked with Excel, you are one step closer. He guides you through scenarios, such as what to do if you have existing databases with complex data structures and how to write screens that can connect to the data. You will come away with an understanding of how to set up screen navigation, manipulate data from within apps, and write solutions to perform specific tasks.

This hands-on new edition has nine new chapters―including coverage on model-driven and portal-driven apps, AI, Canvas components, PowerShell, and more―complete with context, explanatory screenshots, and non-technical terminology.

What You Will Learn 

• Connect with data
• Write formulas
• Visualize your data through charts
• Work with global positioning systems (GPS)
• Build flows
• Import and export data
• Manage offline scenarios
• Develop custom application programming interfaces (API)

Who This Book Is For

Beginners and non-developers, and assumes no prior knowledge of PowerApps

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, covered 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.