Components of Power Platform

We’ve already learned about Dataverse, the platform on which Power Platform is built, and now we’ll delve into its different components.

Power Apps

Power Apps is probably the most known of Power Platform’s products. It is a low-code platform used to create custom applications that can be run on a phone or a tablet thanks to the Power Apps app (see Figure 1.4), or a computer using a browser:

Figure 1.4 – iOS Power Apps player

Thanks to the Power Apps editor we can quickly, and without any programming knowledge, create a canvas app. Thanks to its intuitive UI (see Figure 1.5), you can drag and drop the controls you need to the app and customize its design to fit your requirements:

Figure 1.5 – Power Apps editor

You can see this editor is a bit similar to what we have in Visual Studio for F&O. On the left, you can find a toolbox with the different controls...