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Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

You're reading from   Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet A citizen developer's guide to building rapid low-code apps with the powerful features of AppSheet

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241173
Length 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Suvrutt Gurjar Suvrutt Gurjar
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Koichi Tsuji Koichi Tsuji
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Takuya Miyai Takuya Miyai
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Introduction and Getting Started
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with AppSheet FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2 – App Editor and Main Features
4. Chapter 2: Understanding App Editor and Data Sources 5. Chapter 3: Presenting App Data with UX/Views 6. Chapter 4: Manipulating Data with Functions and Expressions 7. Chapter 5: Manipulating Data with Behaviors and Actions 8. Chapter 6: Controlling App Users and Data Security 9. Chapter 7: Managing the App Environment 10. Part 3 – Advanced Features and External Services
11. Chapter 8: Automating Recurring Data Changes and Scheduling Tasks 12. Chapter 9: Using Intelligence and Advanced Features 13. Chapter 10: Extending App Capabilities with Third-Party Services 14. Part 4 – App Templates and Tricks for App Building
15. Chapter 11: Building More Apps with App Templates 16. Chapter 12: Tips and Tricks 17. Chapter 13: Appendix 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring the basics of the AppSheet editor

We have successfully created the app by connecting to the data source. To customize the app, we need to change the settings for the data, but before discussing this process in detail, let’s briefly walk you through the AppSheet editor you just landed on.

Please have a look at the following figure, where we have outlined the main elements of the AppSheet editor.

Note

The style and layout of the AppSheet editor we quote and the screenshot taken from the editor are all taken from the editor at the time of writing, October 2022. AppSheet makes changes to the style and layout of the AppSheet editor quite frequently, so you may see a different layout.

Figure 2.6 – Anatomy of the app editor

Basically, the app editor page has a fixed layout. Let’s begin with the main menu, which is located in the upper left of the editor:

  • Navigation bar: to Whenever you take any action to build your app...
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