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Building Low-Code Applications with Mendix

By : Bryan Kenneweg, Imran Kasam, Micah McMullen
Book Image

Building Low-Code Applications with Mendix

By: Bryan Kenneweg, Imran Kasam, Micah McMullen

Overview of this book

Low-code is a visual approach to application development. It enables developers of varying experience levels to create web and mobile apps using drag-and-drop components and model-driven logic through a graphic user interface. Mendix is among the fastest-growing platforms that enable low-code enthusiasts to put their software ideas into practice without having to write much code, and Building Low-Code Applications with Mendix will help you get up and running with the process using examples and practice projects. The book starts with an introduction to Mendix, along with the reasons for using this platform and its tools for creating your first app. As you progress, you’ll explore Mendix Studio Pro, the visual environment that will help you learn Mendix app creation. Once you have your working app ready, you’ll understand how to enhance it with custom business logic and rules. Next, you’ll find out how to defend your app against bad data, troubleshoot and debug it, and finally, connect it with real-world business platforms. You’ll build practical skills as the book is filled with examples, real-world scenarios, and explanations of the tools needed to help you build low-code apps successfully. By the end of this book, you’ll have understood the concept of low-code development, learned how to use Mendix effectively, and developed a working app.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: The Basics
6
Section 2: Building Your First App
11
Section 3: Leveling Up Your App

Understanding the different entity types in a Mendix domain model

In this section, you will learn about the different entity types in a Mendix domain model. Terms such as persistable and non-persistable objects will be explained in detail. You will create entities and adjust common entity properties in your app's domain model. The data architecture of your app is important for ensuring that you are creating the right types of data objects to store information in a meaningful way.

In the introductory section of this chapter, entities were referred to as objects. These represent the objects from the real world in your application, such as customers or members, videos, and rentals. If you are coming from the Structured Query Language (SQL) world, you may refer to these as tables with records and use them as objects in your code when the record is consumed in your app. If you are coming from the business side, you may have represented an object of data in an Excel worksheet with...