{"id":3164,"date":"2019-05-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:04:17","slug":"powerapps-for-pros-develop-faster-with-low-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/powerapps-for-pros-develop-faster-with-low-code\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerApps for pros: develop faster with low code"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we open Microsoft Build 2019<\/a> this week, the Power Platform is a hot topic for software developers.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right: low-code has arrived as an important new capability in any professional developer\u2019s toolkit.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve doubled down our efforts to ensure a \u201cno cliffs\u201d experience in PowerApps, allowing pros to augment the speed of low-code development with more sophisticated assets and practices when needed. As a result, we\u2019re seeing more organizations take a bet on PowerApps, with IT departments rolling out apps at scale in record time<\/a>, and we have been recognized as an industry leader in low-code for application development professionals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A recap of recent new features and capabilities that are helping drive this momentum:<\/p>\n

Develop custom components for PowerApps<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve just released a preview of the new PowerApps component framework, which introduces the ability for developers to build custom controls using code and use them directly in PowerApps. This includes high-productivity tooling with the new PowerApps CLI and Visual Studio plugins to make the end to end development experience smooth. Partners and customers using our early previews have already delivered a stunning array of custom user experiences with the component framework.<\/p>\n

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Learn more about the PowerApps component framework and tooling announcement here<\/a>, and follow this blog for improvements as we expand what\u2019s possible for custom control development.<\/p>\n

Manage lifecycle through development, test, and production<\/h2>\n

Canvas apps and flows are now included in solutions<\/a>, the same infrastructure that enables lifecycle management for Dynamics 365 and the Common Data Service. This means that developers can now package all related apps, logic, schema, and other components and move them together across environments. We\u2019re modernizing the experience for solution management, ensuring an easy end-to-end process that makes it possible to follow best practices with just a few clicks. Solution awareness will also allow developers to manage apps in source control along with their code and fully automate their build and release pipelines.<\/p>\n

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Ensure quality with PowerApps checker<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve recently announced the general availability of solution checker<\/a> \u2013 a powerful analysis tool that identifies potential performance and stability risks across all the assets in a solution, directing developers to specific guidance on how to improve. Customers leveraging the PowerApps checker in preview saw significant performance improvement in key scenarios like form load time when they resolved issues identified by the checker.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll continue to expand the breadth and depth of what PowerApps checker can analyze, as well as continue integrating it directly into authoring experiences to help catch issues early and teach best practices while developers are working.<\/p>\n

Custom connectors, code plugins, on-prem and more<\/h2>\n

These recent advancements join a host of existing extensibility features for professionals working on the platform, including:<\/p>\n