How Do I Get Started with Power Apps? With Cheat Sheets

The Documentation Is Great

• Check out the examples for Filter , you can experiment without configuring a data source

• Top Level, New To Apps entry point: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/

Sample Data Without a Data Source – Declaring Inline Tables

Step1: Choose Insert -> Button.

Step2: Set the button’s OnSelect property to this.

Step3: Alt left click the button, and it’ll create the table. You’re still in edit mode.

ClearCollect(
    Customers,
    Table(
        { Name: "Fred Garcia", Company: "Northwind Traders" },
        { Name: "Cole Miller", Company: "Contoso" },
        { Name: "Glenda Johnson", Company: "Contoso" },
        { Name: "Mike Collins", Company: "Adventure Works"},
        { Name: "Colleen Jones", Company: "Adventure Works"} 
    )
)

The “I know how to program, Give me the good stuff!” Section

Here’s the main links I recommend

• These are the top level references, with tons of sub-links
  • Formulas: main functions
  • Controls and Properties
  • Color and Borders
  • Core: visibility and interactions
  • Variables : local and global scopes
  • Collections
  • Using Tables
  • Operators
• Frequently Used
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Filter
  • Collect, Clear, ClearCollect
  • Set (global) and UpdateContext (local) variables
  • Regular Expressions support named capture groups
• Testing:
  • Monitor Debugger and Test Studio
  • Accessibility Checker