Understanding CafeX Apps

Modified on Thu, 21 Sep, 2023 at 5:40 AM

For the best understanding of CafeX App Studio development, see: Building your first App. This guide gives you step-by-step instructions that you follow to create your first App. It introduces many of the fundamental aspects of App development on CafeX, such as Workspaces, Data Sets, and Views. The steps in the guide are steps that you follow each time you create a new App, so you have to have a good understanding before you continue.

After you complete the guide, you can use the articles here to gain more information about the many aspects of App Studio.

Walkthrough guides
Building your first App	The first guide that introduces many aspects of the platform
Enhancing your App	A walkthrough of the Data Sources that your Apps can make use of to perform searches, display records and interact with data.
App Studio interface Components
Introducing App Studio	An introduction to the Components and App Studio navigation
Altering the appearance of an App Studio Component	Information about the styling and appearance settings of Components.
Using Table and Form Components	Tables and Form Components are advanced App Studio Components for presenting and interacting with Data.
Using data
Using data in your App	An introduction into the different ways to interact with data in your Application
Adding Data Tables to your App	Data Tables provide your Workspaces with a data structure that your Apps use to store relevant data.
Creating a Ruleset	Rulesets implement the Business Rule Engine that apply to your App
Workflow Overview	Workflows provide you with a low-code/no-code way to manage connections and perform advanced operations on external systems and across the CafeX Platform.
Configuring External Data Sources	Information about making API calls from your APP to external systems.
Understanding mustaches and expressions	Information about how to reference Data Set fields to evaluate expressions that other Components of your App can use.
Using contextual Data Sets	Information about Data Sets that applications can make use of to use User, Workspace, and Tenant data.
Handling interactions
Using Event Handlers	You use Events to make your Apps interactive and change when Data Sets present certain information, or when Users click on components for example.
App lifecycle
CafeX Workspaces	Information about Workspaces and their role managing User access and App context
Managing your App	Information about Apps, how you export, and import them and change access permissions.
Using the Workspace Creation Service	The Workspace Creation Service allows Clients to create new Workspaces for a specific task with