Book Image

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

What Can You Build with Betty Blocks as a Citizen Developer

This chapter is an introduction to Betty Blocks and citizen development. We’ll go over what the Betty Blocks platform is and what you can do with it as a citizen developer. We’ll also talk about the different types of developers that utilize the platform and what kind of roles they each have in the development of an application. Along with this, we’ll examine the kinds of applications you can build with Betty Blocks, so you’ll get an idea of what the platform is capable of.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to the Betty Blocks platform
  • Who can build applications on the Betty Blocks platform?
  • The different developer personas
  • The type of applications you can build
  • Where do applications on the Betty Blocks platform reside?

By the end of this chapter, you will have a high-level understanding of the platform’s functionalities, what the different developer personas can bring to the table when developing applications, and how they can utilize the platform.