Van Altena Reinier. Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks: Build Powerful Applications That Impact Business Immediately with No-Code App Development

Packt Publishing, 2023. — 296 p.Key FeaturesUnderstand 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 DescriptionThe 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 modeling capabilities, and complex data models.By the end of this book, you'll have gained a comprehensive understanding of building your applications as a citizen developer using the Betty Blocks no-code platform.What you will learnUnderstand 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 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 forThis 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.What can you build with Betty Blocks as a Citizen Developer?
Collaboration between Citizen Developers and Coders using Betty Blocks.
Governance on the platform.
An Introduction to Data Modeling.
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.