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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

An Introduction to Data Modeling

In this chapter, we’ll be talking about the data model in the Betty Blocks platform. If you have never done anything with data modeling or have only ever set up a database, this chapter will help you understand the basics of data modeling. We’ll go over all the essential functionalities and build a small data model together to help you understand the concept better.

After creating the data model, we’ll go into the back office of the platform. This part will help you bring your data model to life. It allows you to easily interact with, as well as access and insert data into, the data model.

We’ll be covering the following topics in this chapter:

  • Understanding what a data model is
  • Creating your first model
  • Relationships

After working through this chapter, you’ll understand what a data model is, how to create a basic data model, some of the essential properties that go into a model and how...