What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introducing Mendix, goes through what low-code is and introduces Mendix and its history.

Chapter 2, Getting to Know the Mendix Platform, walks you through the Mendix account creation process, as well as the features of the Mendix platform once created.

Chapter 3, Getting to Know Mendix Studio, concentrates on Mendix Studio, Mendix's low-code web platform.

Chapter 4, Getting to Know Studio Pro, deep dives into what Studio Pro is, how to use it, as well as understanding the interface.

Chapter 5, Getting Started with Your Baseline App, helps you familiarize yourself with the Developer Portal and build a baseline app in Mendix Studio Pro.

Chapter 6, Understanding Domain Model Basics, covers the Mendix domain model and starts you building one in Mendix Studio Pro.

Chapter 7, Understanding the Basics of Page Design, introduces pages, widgets, layouts, and the Atlas UI framework to build a user interface in Mendix Studio Pro.

Chapter 8, Getting to Know Microflows, covers microflows and how to use them to create application logic in Mendix Studio Pro.

Chapter 9, Customizing Your App, discusses functions, sub-microflows, and some additional ways to enhance your application and implement custom business logic.

Chapter 10, Error Handling and Troubleshooting, explores ways to be proactive about problems and errors, which are an inevitable part of software development, and arms you with the tools to be able to dig into problems when they do pop up.

Chapter 11, Storing Data, explores how to build out your application's database. We will accomplish this by discussing various ways to associate your entities and create rock-solid domain models.

Chapter 12, Getting Some REST, looks at how connected the world is these days and the importance of understanding how to create integrations with other applications and data sources. In this chapter, you will learn how to pull data from a third-party data source using a REST call.

Chapter 13, A Review and What's Next, wraps it all up by taking a look back at all the subjects and areas we covered throughout the book!