These are the slides from my Power Apps Makeover: Basic to Beautiful talk at SharePoint Saturday Charlotte

1. PowerApps Makeover: Basic to Beautiful

2. Agenda
PowerApps
Design Pyramid
Tips and Tricks Demos Learning
Resources

3. Many thanks to all
our sponsors!

4. About Me
@aprildunnam
youtube.com/c/aprildunna
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www.sharepointsiren.com

5. PowerApps Pyramid – Your Framework for Design
Performance
User Experience
Brandin
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#PowerAppsPyramid

6. Performance

7. The Importance of Performance

8. PowerApps Loading Process
Authentication
Metadata Retrieval
(Data Sources, Version)
Run OnStart Code
Render Screens

9. Performance Tips
CACHE DATA WHEN
IT MAKES SENSE
LOAD DATA
SIMULTANEOUSLY
ELIMINATE SCREEN
DEPENDENCIES
DON’T REPEAT THE
SAME FORMULA

10. Performance

11. User Experience

12. What is User Experience
Easy to
Use
Accessible
EfficientEffective
Engaging

13. UX Tips
Keep User Informed with Loading and Success Messages
Marie Kondo your Apps. Clutter is the enemy of good design!
Be mindful of accessibility
Choose Visuals over Text. A picture’s worth 1000 words
Leverage Native Device Functionality

14. User Experience

15. Branding

16. What is Branding
Color Scheme Typography
Images

17. Branding Tips
Use company brand
standard
Create a branding screen
Create a Custom Theme Optimize Images

18. Branding

19. Additional Resources
https://bit.ly/2MucwWE
https://bit.ly/33s5iJU
https://loading.io
https://compressor.io/
https://html-css-js.com/css/generator/box-
shadow/
https://uimovement.com
https://github.com/aprildunnam/PowerApps
https://youtube.com/c/aprildunnam
https://www.aprildunnam.com

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