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Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework

By : Danish Naglekar
Book Image

Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework

By: Danish Naglekar

Overview of this book

Power Apps Component Framework is used by professional developers to extend the capabilities of model-driven and canvas apps. Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework will take you through the basic as well as advanced topics using practical examples. The book starts by helping you understand the fundamentals of the framework, its lifecycle, and the tools that you'll use to build code components using best practices and file management guidelines. You'll then learn how to extend Power Apps step by step and apply the principles and concepts covered in the book to build code components for field type attributes. The book covers different ways of debugging code components and guides you through the process of building code components for datasets. You'll also explore the functions and methods provided by the framework to enhance your controls using powerful sets of libraries and extensions. As you advance, you'll get to grips with creating and managing authentication profiles, discover different ways of deploying code components, and configure code components in model-driven and canvas apps. Finally, you'll learn some of the important features of the framework and learn modern web development practices. By the end of this Power Apps book, you'll be able to build, debug, enrich, and deploy code components confidently.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: Fundamentals of the Power Apps Component Framework
6
Section 2: Building and Managing Code Components
12
Section 3: Enhancing Code Components and Your Development Experience

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the PCF project structure, the ControlManifest file, and the index.ts file. We learned the life cycle of code components, which provide insights into how each of the core functions interact with each other. This will help you build better code components. We also briefly looked at the supported data types and features provided by the framework. This provided you with an insight into the entire PCF project, preparing you to start building your code component.

Before we dive into the next chapter, open the folder named 4.TestMe from the example library in VS Code. Start the VS Code integrated terminal and run the following command: npm start. This will initiate a code component built using the Power Apps component framework and provide a glimpse into the possibilities of having different UIs on model-driven and canvas apps.

In the next chapter, you will be building a complete code component for fields and datasets using all the knowledge you...