Introduction
Power Apps, as we all know, is a low-code application platform. In line with this, one of the main goals of the platform is to reduce the time it takes to create business applications. There are multiple ways you can speed up your app creation process. One of the most helpful ways to jump start the process is to use reusable components.
Tip - use components!
When I first heard about components, I thought they are super complicated. While that is true to a certain extent, they don't have to be. They can be as simple as one with two labels, one at the top of the screen as a header and the other at the bottom of the screen as a footer. To illustrate this, here is a very simple component that I created to use as my screen template:
This ensures consistency across all of my screens and even across screens across all of my apps. This becomes even more useful for enterprise applications where consistency becomes key. Component libraries make it easier to have a centralized place for all your components. To read more about components, click here, for component libraries, click here.
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