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Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

By : Reinier van Altena
Book Image

Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

By: Reinier van Altena

Overview of this book

This practical guide on no-code development with Betty Blocks will take you through the different features, no-code functionalities, and capabilities of the Betty Blocks platform using real-world use cases. The book will equip you with the tools to develop business apps based on various data models, business processes, and more. You’ll begin with an introduction to the basic concepts of the Betty Blocks no-code platform, such as developing IT solutions on various use cases including reporting apps, data tracking apps, workflows, and business processes. After getting to grips with the basics, you’ll explore advanced concepts such as building powerful applications that impact the business straight away with no-code application development and quickly creating prototypes. The concluding chapters will help you get a solid understanding of rapid application development, building customer portals, building dynamic web apps, drag-and-drop front ends, visual modelling capabilities, and complex data models. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of building your own applications as a citizen developer using the Betty Blocks no-code platform.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Citizen Development
4
Part 2: First Steps on the Betty Blocks Platform
10
Part 3: Building Your First Application
15
Part 4: The Pro-Coder

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

A

action functions 236

actions 17, 208, 209

action steps 245-247

admin 41

application

creating, from template 91-95

development environment, entering 95

launching 110-113

applications, within organizations 30-32

Hostnames 35, 36

Invitation 38, 39

Mail 36-38

Options 32-34

Template 39, 40

Web options 34, 35

application templates

using 46, 47

B

Back Office 8, 249-253

changes, making to 253-259

create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) interface 249

partial, modifying 196, 197

setting up 192

user management, setting up 193-196

Betty Blocks 3, 4, 49

account, setting up 24-27

application, examples 9

developer personas 7

features 9, 10

model, creating 52-63

on-premises option 11

private-cloud setup 11

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