This category covers Power Apps concepts with a strong focus on Power Apps Code, PAC CLI, React project structure, Dataverse, and data-source integration. It is designed for makers and developers who want to understand where low-code and pro-code development meet.
Open the Power Apps Code hubWork through developer tooling setup, a first Power Apps Code app, Dataverse connections, generated project files, and data-access decisions. The articles are practical setup and build notes for real development work.
Practical references on the concepts, setup steps, design choices, and common implementation patterns behind Power Apps — for planning, building, testing, and improving Microsoft 365 solutions.
13 articles in “Power Apps”
A plain-English introduction to Microsoft Power Fx — the Excel-like, low-code language behind Power Apps and the wider Power Platform. What it is, why it "thinks spreadsheet", how declarative formulas auto-recalculate, the no-code to pro-code spectrum, its design principles, and where you use it.
A complete developer guide to connecting Power Apps Code apps to any data source: Dataverse, Azure SQL, SharePoint, Copilot Studio agents, table metadata and REST APIs. See how to add each data source with PAC CLI, what each supports, how to choose the right one, and Microsoft best practices.
Set up your environment for Power Apps Code apps step by step: install the developer tools (VS Code, git, .NET, Node.js and the Power Platform CLI), enable code apps on your Power Platform environment, understand what PAC CLI does, compare installation options and OS support, verify your install, connect to an environment, and manage authentication profiles.
Meet Power Apps Code — Microsoft’s pro-code approach to building Power Platform apps with React, TypeScript, and modern tools. What it is, how it compares to canvas Power Apps, why it says goodbye to delegation warnings, the technologies and skills to learn, when to use it, and why it is not replacing canvas apps.
The current focus is Power Apps Code and developer-oriented Power Apps patterns.
Some articles are beginner-friendly, but Power Apps Code is most useful when you are comfortable with front-end development basics.