Understanding CafeX Apps

Modified on Thu, 29 Jan at 12:56 PM

For a comprehensive introduction to CafeX App Studio development, start with the Building your first App guide. This step-by-step guide gives you instructions to create your first App. It introduces many of the fundamental aspects of App development on CafeX, such as Workspaces, Data Sets, and Views. These steps are essential for every new App you build, so you have the necessary understanding before moving forward.

After you complete the guide, you can explore the articles below to gain more information about various features and capabilities of App Studio.

Article	Description
Walkthrough Guides
Building your first App	Step-by-step walkthrough to create a basic CafeX App.
Enhancing Your App	A walkthrough of external data sources, forms, logic, and other capabilities.
Additional App capabilities	Overview of additional App capabilities.
Using Data
Configuring Data Sets	Guide to setting up and using data sources in your App.
Using contextual Data Sets	Information about accessing User, Workspace, and Tenant data through contextual Data Sets.
Using a JavaScript Data Set	Guide to using JavaScript Data Sets for advanced logic or modifying existing data.
Using a Data Mapper Data Set	Overview of using a Data Mapper Data Set to build structured outputs by mapping and combining data from various sources in your App.
Querying an API and presenting the results	Walkthrough of pulling data from external systems and displaying it in your App.
Understanding mustaches and expressions	Information about referencing Data Set fields to evaluate expressions used by other Components.
Input and Output Mappings	Information about configuring how data is passed into and out of data sets.
Building Interfaces
Introducing App Studio Navigating App Studio	Overview of App Studio and its navigation.
Creating a Custom View	Instructions on how to create and manage Custom Views in your App.
Adding App Studio Components	Information about the Components and how they are added.
Using Table and Form Components	Guide to advanced App Studio Components for presenting and interacting with Data.
Altering the appearance of an App Studio Component	Information about the styling and appearance settings of components.
Logic & Behavior
Using Event Handlers	Overview of Event Handlers that enable interactivity in response to user actions and data changes.
Rulesets	Information about how you can implement logic using the Business Rules Engine.
Workflows	Information about using Workflows to manage connections and perform advanced operations on external systems and across the CafeX Platform.
Action Sequences	Overview of action sequences and their execution.
Data Set Evaluation in Action Sequences	Information about how evaluated data sets are scoped and used within action sequences.
Conditional Overrides	Overview of Conditional Overrides and their use in App behavior and display.
App Lifecycle
Understanding App Permissions	Information about managing access and feature visibility.
Managing Workspaces	Guide to organizing how Apps relate to users and data through Workspace configuration.