Advanced Techniques with the Power Apps Component Framework

Low-code platforms offer many possibilities for building applications, focusing on easy-to-learn languages, ready-to-use solutions, and a robust backend to support almost all business requirements.

However, some scenarios might require a component to solve a particular task with tools created using traditional coding technologies. Thankfully, the Power Platform is open to these approaches as well, and that’s why we can leverage the advanced techniques of professional development using the Power Apps Component Framework (PCF).

MONSTERS AHEAD

Through out this book, we have been working closely with the low-code portion of the Power Platform. This chapter will focus more on the pro-code side by using well-known web technologies to build a canvas component. Some knowledge of these technologies will be required to get the most out of this chapter.

This framework consists of code components...