When you access Power Apps, the home page looks as follows:
Figure 10.2 – Power Apps maker portal
There are several ways to create an app:
- Start from data: Connect to a data source and use an existing entity or table. Starting from data is an excellent choice for a straightforward app that just needs to list data from your data source and provide create, read, write, and delete functionalities on data records.
- Canvas app from blank: You can also start with a blank canvas, adding connections and controls. You start from blank when you need to create a richer user interface, or you want to use non-tabular data. This will be the choice for most apps that you will build.
- Templates: You can additionally use one of many prebuilt app templates.
There are many templates, but I would suggest these as examples of how to build apps rather than a starting point for your app, as changing them to meet your needs will likely take longer than creating your app from scratch.
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