Chapter 3: Building Blocks of Appian Quick Apps

Now we have a good understanding of what a Quick App can do, we will look under the hood to see how it works. This chapter will introduce the individual objects in Appian and explore how they interact.

In this chapter, you will use the Appian Designer environment. This is the place where we can develop any Appian application. To understand how a Quick App works, I will give you a brief introduction. In Chapter 3, Building Blocks of Appian Quick Apps, we will go into more detail on objects and how they are created.

We'll be covering the following topics in this chapter:

• The basics of the Appian Designer environment
• An introduction to Appian Records
• Checking the Appian process models
• Learning about Appian interfaces
• Understanding Appian expressions rules

  Note

  As you open objects in their respective designers, please do not modify them. The Quick Apps feature in Appian is designed to allow quick and easy...