Chapter 2: Power Apps CLI
Now that we know a little about the history of the Power Apps component framework (PCF) and have our development environment set up, let’s take our next steps into the world of Power Apps – getting to know Power Apps CLI. This chapter will focus on getting you introduced to the basics of the Power Apps command-line interface and provide an overview of npm. In a step-by-step manner, we will understand the process for initializing your first PCF project using Power Apps CLI. By the end of this chapter, you will be ready to create code components for the chapters that come next.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:
- Overview of Power Apps CLI
- Understanding npm
- Initializing a PCF project using Power Apps CLI
