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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

Working with attributes and getting to know data types

In this section, you will get to know attribute and data types. You will also add a few attributes to the entity created in the previous section. You are now preparing your app to hold data you can later retrieve and manipulate. It is useful to understand how your app will store data. This data will be used in microflows in your app and also in pages to build user interfaces.

Attributes are pieces of information that describe an entity. An entity can have many attributes that describe various aspects of it. The member entity could have demographic information about the member, such as their name and location, or other important information pertaining to their membership, such as its status and start and end dates. Whether you come from the developer world or the business world, you can relate attribute types to the data types of SQL columns or Excel cells, respectively. This concept is explained further in this section.

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