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Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

By : Reinier van Altena
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Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

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)
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Part 1: Citizen Development
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Part 2: First Steps on the Betty Blocks Platform
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Part 3: Building Your First Application
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Part 4: The Pro-Coder

Adding no-code blocks to the platform with code

Betty Blocks is a no-code platform, but does this mean you can’t add any code to it? No, you can add code to Betty Blocks. So, what can you do with code in Betty Blocks?

There are three places where you can add code to Betty Blocks:

  • Actions: Here, you can use code to extend the logical part of Betty Blocks. For example, there could be a situation where you want the logic of Betty Blocks to do something that it normally can’t do, or you want it to work slightly differently. You can create new code or edit existing code to make changes to the actions. Then, a no-coder can use them in a no-code way on the platform.
  • Page builder: Here, you can add new components or modify existing ones. For example, if you want to add a new component to display a calendar, you can create it in code and add it to the platform so that a no-coder can use it in a drag-and-drop way.
  • Endpoints: Here, you can add code directly to...
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