Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks
by Reinier van Altena
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1803230991 | 296 pages | True PDF EPUB | 24.71 MB
Create applications efficiently with the help of comprehensive insights into the Betty Blocks no-code platform using this hands-on guide
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Key Features
Understand the different capabilities, features, and low-code functionalities of Betty Blocks with real-world use cases
Explore applications that impact your business right away with rapid application development
Develop dynamic web applications with easy drag-and-drop functionalities from Betty Blocks
Book Description
This practical guide on no-code development with Betty Blocks will take you through the different features, no-code functionalities, and capabilities of the Betty Blocks platform using real-world use cases. The book will equip you with the tools to develop business apps based on various data models, business processes, and more.
You’ll begin with an introduction to the basic concepts of the Betty Blocks no-code platform, such as developing IT solutions on various use cases including reporting apps, data tracking apps, workflows, and business processes. After getting to grips with the basics, you’ll explore advanced concepts such as building powerful applications that impact the business straight away with no-code application development and quickly creating prototypes. The concluding chapters will help you get a solid understanding of rapid application development, building customer portals, building dynamic web apps, drag-and-drop front ends, visual modelling capabilities, and complex data models.
By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of building your own applications as a citizen developer using the Betty Blocks no-code platform.
What you will learn
Understand what you can achieve with citizen development
Find out how to build your first application with no-code development
Get to grips with the basics of the Betty Blocks platform as a citizen developer
Discover how to build your own application or prototype
Build business applications based on data models and business processes
Enable developers to include additional functionality for citizen developers
Who this book is for
This book is for citizen developers and business users who want to build applications to fulfill their business needs without depending on developers. Prior knowledge of coding and application development is not necessary, but it will speed up your learning.
Table of Contents
What can you build with Betty Blocks as Citizen Developer
Collaboration between Citizen Developers and Coders using Betty Blocks
Governance on the platform
An Introduction to Data Modelling
An introduction to the page builder
Creating a new application from a template
What went into building this application
ToDo Application
ToDo Application Actions and Interactions
Case Management Application
Case Management – Pages and Actions
Pro-coder Features
The Back Office