From 371e332085f2858b078d2b23522618674f5077f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:49:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Intro for case study --- power-apps-for-everyone.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 power-apps-for-everyone.md diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/power-apps-for-everyone.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9dcaf0c0c --- /dev/null +++ b/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +### Microsoft Power Apps For Everyone +## The Future Of Low-Code + +Author: Hanna Høidahl + +## Norway´s IT Developer Shortage and The Role Of Low-Code & AI +Norway is experiencing a significant shortage of skilled IT Proffesionals, with reports pointing to 40.000 unfilled positions by 2030, whereas 10.000 of them will be software developers. This gap poses challenges to the nation's ambitions of becoming a leading digital economy. + +Low-Code platforms like Microsoft Power Apps offer a promising solution by enabling a broader range of individuals, including those without formal programming backgrounds, to develop applications. This democratization of app development can help alleviate the strain on professional developers and accelerate digital transformation across various sectors. + +At the same time, AI-driven development tools are enhancing the capabilities of low-code platforms. By leveraging AI-powered suggestions, automation, and intelligent data processing, businesses and developers can build applications faster and with greater accuracy. AI also helps bridge the skill gap by enabling non-technical users to generate code, improve UI design, and optimize workflows with minimal manual input. + +By combining low-code development and AI, organizations can increase productivity, reduce dependency on highly specialized developers, and create more efficient, user-friendly applications—helping Norway meet its growing demand for digital solutions. + +## Integrating Low-Code Development Into Front-End Development + +## Case Study: Transforming Excel Data Into A Business Application With Power Apps + + + +# Resources From d49ce1da4a70dfe7c242013e39d1ae4400fc94d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:47:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Writing second part of intro --- power-apps-for-everyone.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/power-apps-for-everyone.md index 9dcaf0c0c..a838e6284 100644 --- a/power-apps-for-everyone.md +++ b/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ At the same time, AI-driven development tools are enhancing the capabilities of By combining low-code development and AI, organizations can increase productivity, reduce dependency on highly specialized developers, and create more efficient, user-friendly applications—helping Norway meet its growing demand for digital solutions. ## Integrating Low-Code Development Into Front-End Development +As an aspiring Front-End Developer, integrating low-code platforms into your skill set can be advantageous. +While low-code tools simplify application development, they often require customization and enhancement to meet specific user experience (UX) and design requirements. + +Front-End Developers can play a crucial role in: + - Customizing User Interfaces: Enhancing the visual appeal and usability of applications beyond the standard components offered by low-code platforms.​ + + - Integrating Advanced Functionality: Incorporating complex features or third-party services that may not be readily available within the low-code environment.​ + + - Ensuring Responsive Design: Optimizing applications for various devices and screen sizes to provide a consistent user experience.​ + +By bridging the gap between low-code capabilities and advanced development techniques, Front-End Developers can ensure that applications are both functional and aligned with modern UX standards.​ ## Case Study: Transforming Excel Data Into A Business Application With Power Apps From a63b8d0452c7086dbfa16115dcf480bde39ffa1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:02:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Setting up base for case study example --- power-apps-for-everyone.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/power-apps-for-everyone.md index a838e6284..8fdc854f2 100644 --- a/power-apps-for-everyone.md +++ b/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -25,8 +25,24 @@ Front-End Developers can play a crucial role in: By bridging the gap between low-code capabilities and advanced development techniques, Front-End Developers can ensure that applications are both functional and aligned with modern UX standards.​ -## Case Study: Transforming Excel Data Into A Business Application With Power Apps +## Case Study: Transforming Sales Competitions with Power Apps +# Scenario +A large warehouse already operates with internal data systems for managing inventory and logistics. +However, Individual sales departments frequently organize sales competitions to motivate employees and boost performance. +These competitions are currently tracked using Excel spreadsheets, which are growing too large and becoming error-prone due to multiple employees having access. +The company faces two key challenges: +1. Data Integrity: With multiple users making edits, errors and accidental overwrites are common. -# Resources +2. IT Resource Constraints: Integrating competition data into the company’s main systems would require significant IT resources, which are already stretched thin. + +# Solution +The sales departments turn to Microsoft Power Apps to develop a custom sales competition tracker, allowing teams to input, monitor, and analyze performance data in a controlled, user-friendly environment—without overloading the company’s IT department. + +# Process + + + + +## Resources From 7a0339ff584a2760bc71f1065296f5fc47995084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:28:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Setting up process of case study example --- power-apps-for-everyone.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/power-apps-for-everyone.md index 8fdc854f2..8558003c0 100644 --- a/power-apps-for-everyone.md +++ b/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -41,8 +41,17 @@ The company faces two key challenges: The sales departments turn to Microsoft Power Apps to develop a custom sales competition tracker, allowing teams to input, monitor, and analyze performance data in a controlled, user-friendly environment—without overloading the company’s IT department. # Process +- Data Integration: Power Apps connects to existing company data where relevant while allowing teams to maintain separate, structured competition records. +- App Design: Using Power Apps drag-and-drop interface, departments can design a dashboard displaying real-time leaderboards. +- Automation: With Power Automate, notifications are triggered for key events—such as when a salesperson reaches a milestone or when a competition period ends. + +- Access Control: Unlike spreadsheets, the app ensures role-based access, meaning only authorized users can edit results, while everyone else can view the data securely. + +- Deployment: The app is rolled out across sales teams, with training sessions ensuring employees can easily use the new system. + +# Outcome ## Resources From 0a7cec606860d274232dc605a4836031e30109d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:11:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Writing conclusion and making some minor improvements --- power-apps-for-everyone.md | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/power-apps-for-everyone.md index 8558003c0..9cedbbab8 100644 --- a/power-apps-for-everyone.md +++ b/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -### Microsoft Power Apps For Everyone -## The Future Of Low-Code - +--- +Title: Microsoft Power Apps For Everyone - The Future Of Low-Code Author: Hanna Høidahl +--- ## Norway´s IT Developer Shortage and The Role Of Low-Code & AI -Norway is experiencing a significant shortage of skilled IT Proffesionals, with reports pointing to 40.000 unfilled positions by 2030, whereas 10.000 of them will be software developers. This gap poses challenges to the nation's ambitions of becoming a leading digital economy. +Norway is experiencing a significant shortage of skilled IT Proffesionals, with reports pointing to 40.000 unfilled positions by 2030, including 10.000 software developers. This gap poses challenges to the nation's ambitions of becoming a leading digital economy. Low-Code platforms like Microsoft Power Apps offer a promising solution by enabling a broader range of individuals, including those without formal programming backgrounds, to develop applications. This democratization of app development can help alleviate the strain on professional developers and accelerate digital transformation across various sectors. @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ As an aspiring Front-End Developer, integrating low-code platforms into your ski While low-code tools simplify application development, they often require customization and enhancement to meet specific user experience (UX) and design requirements. Front-End Developers can play a crucial role in: - - Customizing User Interfaces: Enhancing the visual appeal and usability of applications beyond the standard components offered by low-code platforms.​ +- Customizing User Interfaces: Enhancing the visual appeal and usability of applications beyond the standard components offered by low-code platforms.​ - - Integrating Advanced Functionality: Incorporating complex features or third-party services that may not be readily available within the low-code environment.​ +- Integrating Advanced Functionality: Incorporating complex features or third-party services that may not be readily available within the low-code environment.​ - - Ensuring Responsive Design: Optimizing applications for various devices and screen sizes to provide a consistent user experience.​ +- Ensuring Responsive Design: Optimizing applications for various devices and screen sizes to provide a consistent user experience.​ By bridging the gap between low-code capabilities and advanced development techniques, Front-End Developers can ensure that applications are both functional and aligned with modern UX standards.​ @@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ The sales departments turn to Microsoft Power Apps to develop a custom sales com - Deployment: The app is rolled out across sales teams, with training sessions ensuring employees can easily use the new system. +- AI Integration: Incorporating AI-driven analytics to predict sales trends and identify high-performing employees, allowing managers to make data-driven decisions. + # Outcome +The new Power Apps solution eliminates spreadsheet-related errors, improves engagement through real-time competition updates, and reduces IT dependency by allowing non-technical users to manage their own sales competitions efficiently. + +The transition from Excel to a dedicated low-code application showcases how business teams can innovate independently while keeping data structured and secure. +## Conclusion: The Future of Low Code and Front-End Development +Incorporating low-code platforms like Power Apps into the development landscape not only addresses the immediate need for more developers but also opens new avenues for Front-End Developers. By combining low-code development with traditional front-end skills, developers can create sophisticated, user-centric applications that meet the needs of both businesses and end-users. ## Resources From 347bc691e4ccef7ad1ea19cdb7f7e5276be7355f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:28:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Adding resources --- power-apps-for-everyone.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/power-apps-for-everyone.md index 9cedbbab8..de04b80fa 100644 --- a/power-apps-for-everyone.md +++ b/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ The transition from Excel to a dedicated low-code application showcases how busi Incorporating low-code platforms like Power Apps into the development landscape not only addresses the immediate need for more developers but also opens new avenues for Front-End Developers. By combining low-code development with traditional front-end skills, developers can create sophisticated, user-centric applications that meet the needs of both businesses and end-users. ## Resources +- https://www.devspace.no/blog/is-there-shortage-of-skilled-developers +- https://www.griddynamics.com/blog/tech-talent-shortage +- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/ +- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/ +- https://www.seattlenewmedia.com/blog/why-no-code-low-code-is-the-future-of-development +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnHxS5XD8jc \ No newline at end of file From 5d04a4ed1b0e01ac8b63eb73536f0726192e5d27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:30:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] Moving into correct subdirectory --- .../content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename power-apps-for-everyone.md => src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md (100%) diff --git a/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md similarity index 100% rename from power-apps-for-everyone.md rename to src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md From 1eae89b9fcc2c716ad8b16501d85328439dab0da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hannahoeidahl Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 17:27:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Fixng format for title and author --- .../docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md b/src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md index de04b80fa..ef7dcdcac 100644 --- a/src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md +++ b/src/content/docs/microsoft/PowerApps/power-apps-for-everyone.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- -Title: Microsoft Power Apps For Everyone - The Future Of Low-Code -Author: Hanna Høidahl +title: Microsoft Power Apps For Everyone - The Future Of Low-Code +author: Hanna Høidahl +tags: microsoft, low-code --- ## Norway´s IT Developer Shortage and The Role Of Low-Code & AI