In order to get the most out of this book, it is recommended that you have a basic understanding of Office 365 as we will be interacting with various elements of it as we develop our apps. It is assumed that you have a basic knowledge of the following:
- SharePoint Online
- Microsoft Teams
If you have ever written formulas using Microsoft Excel, the thought processes that you used to achieve that will help you to more closely follow the creation of formulas within PowerApps.
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- Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.
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Code in Action
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Conventions used
There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.
CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Understanding conditional logic and how you can define branches using If and Switch statements."
A block of code is set as follows:
StartsWith("Griffton IT Assets","Griffton")
EndsWith("Griffton IT Assets","ts")
When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:
Navigate(Welcome,ScreenTransition.Cover)
Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "This type of logic is known as a condition."