You're reading from Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework A complete guide to creating, deploying, and improving your code components

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564916

Length 318 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Danish Naglekar

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Fundamentals of the Power Apps Component Framework

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Power Apps Component Framework FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Power Apps CLI

4. Chapter 3: Community Tools and Resources

5. Chapter 4: Project Overview and the Component Life Cycle

6. Section 2: Building and Managing Code Components

7. Chapter 5: Code, Test, and Repeat

8. Chapter 6: Debugging Code Components

9. Chapter 7: Authentication Profiles

10. Chapter 8: Introduction to the Dataverse Project

11. Chapter 9: Configuring Code Components in Power Apps

12. Section 3: Enhancing Code Components and Your Development Experience

13. Chapter 10: Diving Deep into the Features Provided by PCF

14. Chapter 11: Creating Advanced Dataset Code Components

15. Chapter 12: Enriching Your Dev Experience

16. Answers to Knowledge Tests

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

PCF Builder

PCF Builder enables you to build code components with ease where you do not need to write the CLI commands but still use Power Apps CLI under the hood. Most of the commands are consolidated, making it easier to build controls. It has two versions of itself; one provides a GUI as opposed to a command-line interface provided by Power Apps CLI, and the other version provides a guided experience for users. Both these versions are community built, with their source code available on GitHub, while links to the source code are provided in Further reading section of this chapter. PCF Builder also has a community chat room, where you can discuss new features or open issues. To join the chat room, you can use the following link: https://bit.ly/PCFBuilderChat.

Graphical user interface version

The version that provides a graphical user interface is a tool created for XrmToolBox, which is a Windows application that enables developers or admins to connect to the Dataverse environment...