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Beginning PowerApps

The Non-Developers Guide to Building Business Mobile Applications

Apress

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  • Teaches you how to build data-centric mobile applications for your business, regardless of your technical knowledge
  • Shows you how to leverage the complexities of building a real-word application with the same ease of writing a simple spreadsheet
  • Uses a hands-on approach complete with context, explanatory screenshots, and non-technical terminology
  • Instructs you how to write apps that manage complex data, take pictures, or retrieve GPS coordinates

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Getting Started

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introducing PowerApps

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 3-14
    3. Subscribing to PowerApps

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 15-24
    4. Creating Your First App

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 25-52
    5. Sharing Apps

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 53-64
  3. Refining Your Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
    2. Exploring Data Sources

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 67-93
    3. Using Formulas

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 95-127
    4. Customizing Screens

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 129-143
    5. Using Controls

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 145-177
    6. Working with Data

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 179-207
    7. Working with Images

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 209-225
    8. Mapping Data

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 227-235
    9. Using Charts

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 237-252
    10. Securing Apps

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 253-267
  4. Maintaining Your Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
    2. Importing and Exporting Data

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 271-285
    3. Using Flow

      • Tim Leung
      Pages 287-312
  5. Extending Your Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 313-313

About this book

Build mobile apps that specifically target your company’s unique business needs, with the same ease of writing a simple spreadsheet! With this book, 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 Beginning PowerApps, author and business applications expert Tim Leung guides you step-by-step through the process of building your own mobile app. He assumes no technical background, although 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 those 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.

What You'll 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

Authors and Affiliations

  • Reading, United Kingdom

    Tim Leung

About the author

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 (2015), 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.

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eBook USD 44.99
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