Model-driven apps developer documentation

Model-driven apps are primarily a no-code or low-code component focused approach to app development. Extend model-driven apps by applying business logic using client scripting, web resources. Customize entity forms, views, dashboards, chart, commands and ribbons.

Get started

Overview

• Developer overview
• Developers: Get started

Training

• Extend model-driven apps using code

Customize

Overview

• Customize entity forms
• Customize entity views
• Customize visualizations and dashboards
• Customize commands and ribbons
• Create, manage, and publish apps using code
• Edit the customizations file

Apply business logic

Overview

• Client scripting
• Understand the Client API object model

How-To Guide

• Navigate to and from a custom page
• Create app side panes
• Send in-app notifications
• Bring intelligence into your app using Agent Xrm APIs

Tutorial

• Write your first client script

Generative pages

How-To Guide

• Navigate to and from a generative page

Reference

• Generative pages dataApi reference

Work with Web resources

Overview

• Web resources
• Web resource dependencies

How-To Guide

• Pass multiple values to a web resource
• Import files as web resources

Development guidance and tools

Overview

• Best practices and guidance
• Developer tools
• Testing tools for client-side development

How-To Guide

• Debug JavaScript web resources

Build custom code components

Overview

• Power Apps component framework

Tutorial

• Create your first code component

Training

• Create components with Power Apps Component Framework

Reference

Reference

• Client API reference
• Customization XML reference
• Form XML schema
• Power Apps component framework API reference
• Power Apps component framework Manifest schema reference

Related resources

How-To Guide

• Model-driven apps documentation
• Microsoft Dataverse developer documentation
• Canvas apps developer documentation