Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework

A complete guide to creating, deploying, and improving your code components

Danish Naglekar 지음

Packt(GCO Science) 2021년 02월 26일 출간

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Learn how to extend the capabilities of Power Apps by building code components using Power Apps Component Framework

▶Book Description
Power Apps Component Framework is used by professional developers to extend the capabilities of model-driven and canvas apps. Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework will take you through the basic as well as advanced topics using practical examples.

The book starts by helping you understand the fundamentals of the framework, its lifecycle, and the tools that you'll use to build code components using best practices and file management guidelines. You'll then learn how to extend Power Apps step by step and apply the principles and concepts covered in the book to build code components for field type attributes. The book covers different ways of debugging code components and guides you through the process of building code components for datasets. You'll also explore the functions and methods provided by the framework to enhance your controls using powerful sets of libraries and extensions. As you advance, you'll get to grips with creating and managing authentication profiles, discover different ways of deploying code components, and configure code components in model-driven and canvas apps. Finally, you'll learn some of the important features of the framework and learn modern web development practices.

By the end of this Power Apps book, you'll be able to build, debug, enrich, and deploy code components confidently.

▶What You Will Learn
-Understand the fundamentals of Power Apps Component Framework
-Explore the tools that make it easy to build code components
-Build code components for both a field and a dataset
-Debug using test harness and Fiddler
-Implement caching techniques
-Find out how to work with the Dataverse Web API
-Build code components using React and Fluent UI controls
-Discover different deployment strategies

▶Key Features
-Understand how to extend Power Apps' capabilities
-Enhance your ski

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▶TABLE of CONTENTS
▷Section 1: Fundamentals of the Power Apps Component Framework
-Chapter 1: Introduction to the Power Apps Component Framework
-Chapter 2: Power Apps CLI
-Chapter 3: Community Tools and Resources
-Chapter 4: Project Overview and the Component Life Cycle

▷Section 2: Building and Managing Code Components
-Chapter 5: Code, Test, and Repeat
-Chapter 6: Debugging Code Components
-Chapter 7: Authentication Profiles
-Chapter 8: Introduction to the Dataverse Project
-Chapter 9: Configuring Code Components in Power Apps

▷Section 3: Enhancing Code Components and Your Development Experience
Chapter 10: Diving Deep into the Features Provided by PCF
Chapter 11: Creating Advanced Dataset Code Components
Chapter 12: Enriching Your Dev Experience

▷Answers to Knowledge Tests

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▶What this book covers
- Chapter 1, Introduction to the Power Apps Component Framework, teaches the basics of Power Apps component framework, who it is aimed toward, why it should be used, and how it is different from HTML web resources. It also details some of the advantages of using this framework and mentions the prerequisites for getting started with building code components using this framework.

- Chapter 2, Power Apps CLI, defines what Power Apps CLI is and provides you with a basic understanding of the npm package. It also describes how to get started with Power Apps CLI.

- Chapter 3, Community Tools and Resources, covers community tools that simplify building and managing code components. It also covers the community repository of all publicly available code components.

- Chapter 4, Project Overview and the Component Life Cycle, explains the types of projects provided by Power Apps CLI. It also explains the makeup of code components along with file and folder structures. It showcases the structure of the Control Manifest and index. ts files in detail. At the end of the chapter, it covers the component life cycle and how events interact with each other and their host.

- Chapter 5, Code, Test, and Repeat, explains the process of initializing a PCF project, editing the manifest file, and writing code to create components. It also showcases methods to add styling and preview images. It provides a step-by-step guide to create code components for a field and view.

- Chapter 6, Debugging Code Components, provides an overview of the test harness included with the framework and guides you through different debugging processes. It also provides information on how to debug a code component when it is already deployed to model-driven or canvas apps using Fiddler AutoResponder.

- Chapter 7, Authentication Profiles, provides an overview of authentication profiles and how to create them. It also describes the ways to manage them, from changing the default profile to

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▶ Preface
Power Apps component framework, also known as PCF, is used to create code components for Microsoft Power Apps. This provides a new way of enhancing the user interface by providing enriched controls in model-driven and canvas apps.

This book will provide a practical guide that will cover the basics of creating, updating, and deploying a code component. It will also provide useful insights into the life cycle of the code component. With a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies, this book will have you up and running and productive in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, you will begin to explore your knowledge of Power Apps component framework.

You will learn the basics of Power Apps component framework and about the usage of the different tools available, along with their benefits while building or deploying code components. You will also learn how to create, test, debug, and deploy your code components and take a deep dive into essential components of Power Apps component framework. Finally, you will learn advanced modern web development techniques to improve your development experience. By the end of this book, you will be able to build, test, debug, and deploy your own code component using Power Apps component framework, addressing key pain points encountered in the component life cycle.

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저자(글) Danish Naglekar

Danish Naglekar, also known as Power Maverick, is a full-stack software engineer, consultant, and architect with a wide technical breadth and deep understanding of Power Platform. He is a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications. He has created a tool called the PCF Builder that makes the development and deployment of code components easier. He likes to help the technical community by writing blogs on his personal website and enjoys making technical videos on his YouTube channel. He has provided training on getting started with the Power Apps Component Framework. He also runs a weekly newsletter focused on Power Platform for professional developers. Danish earned a master's degree in computer applications from Mumbai University in 2011. Originally from a small town named Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, India, Danish currently resides in Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA with his wife.