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Power Apps component framework (PCF) – Beginner guide

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Rajeev Pentyala's avatarRajeev Pentyala – Technical Blog on Power Platform, Azure and AI

Off late, I have been receiving lot of requests to explain the nitty-gritty of Power Apps component framework aka PCF.

While there are tons of great articles and videos on PCF are already available, I decided to provide comprehensive PCF beginner guide along with steps to reuse the pre-built controls.

Topics to be covered in this article:

  • What is PCF?
  • How we survived Pre-PCF era?
  • Pre-requisites
  • Understand the file structure of PCF control
  • Get familiar with commands
  • Build a simple PCF control.
  • Run and Debug in Browser
  • Packaging PCF control to a Solution
  • How to download and use the sample pcf controls
  • Add components to Model Driven App

Lets get started and dive in to the details.

What is PCF?

  • With PCF we can provide enhanced user experience for the users to work with data on forms, views, and dashboards.
  • For example, a basic ‘Whole Number’ field can be turned…

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Power Apps…low code solution…

Before diving into the Power Apps..and walkthroughs..lets see the different Power Apps variants…we have two different kinds of Power Apps. available which are developed based on needs, data sources available and their advantages in the design.

1.Canvas Apps:

These Apps. are developed on Canvas without writing any code with the usual language namely C#. These are developed by just dragging the respective components on to the Canvas. However just should be aware of basic excel functions in order to develop apps with ease. We can connect to Microsoft & Non Microsoft Data sources where we do have design control, need to create separate apps for mobile devices and web browsers. These are task focused and used frequently for creating simple apps.

2. Model Driven Apps:

These are built using Dynamics 365 framework and  uses CDS Connectors. Model-driven app design is a component-focused approach to app development and can be used to develop apps covering complex scenarios. The design is automatically by the components we add to the App. To use model driven apps or for creating CDS for apps, we need Power Apps P2 License having access to Data. Moreover the model driven apps can be distributed as a solution. If we speak about model driven app. components, these are divided into data, UI, logic, and visualization categories.

The data talks about on which data the app. was built, UI defines how the users will interact with the App. While the logic determines the business processes, rules, and automation the app will have..

Cheers,

PMDY