Articles filed in category 'Power Apps'

  • Phillip’s Power Apps Odyssey

    By: Shane Young

    Last updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

    Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2023 - Vol. 20 - Issue 1 - Power Platform

    Shane Young narrates Phillip’s odyssey to illustrate how Microsoft Power Apps can transform a simple Excel spreadsheet into a responsive, data-rich mobile app, bridging citizen development with professional engineering. Through Phillip’s trials—importing data, calibrating data types, adding a barcode scanner, querying external APIs via a custom connector, and embedding a PCF control—Young shows how end users can rapidly build usable apps while recognizing when pro developers are needed to handle JSON, APIs, and advanced components. The tale underlines Power Apps’ potential to democratize app creation and scale with expert collaboration.