Basic PowerFx Functions Every Developer Should Know
PowerFx is a declarative, Excel-like programming language, created by Microsoft, primarily for the creation of Canvas Apps. Like Excel, it uses functions and expressions to accomplish tasks with little to no need to specify step by step procedural logic. It abstracts away the implementation details, so the focus is on the ‘what’ and not the ‘how.’ This blog will highlight some of the basic PowerFx functions every developer should be familiar with. Take the following table that lists the items and their cost in a ‘Shopping Cart’ for example. ShoppingCart ID Item $ Cost 1 Bread 2 2 Milk 5 3 Butter 7 In an imperative language, the developer would have … Read more