Power Apps component framework (PCF) – Beginner guide

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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