Something I learned while building Power Apps

One thing I learned while working on Power Apps is that building the screens is usually the easy part.

The challenging part comes when the application starts growing.

Initially, a few screens, forms and flows may work perfectly. But once more users, data and business rules are added, things like delegation, performance, permissions and maintainability start becoming important.

A few things I try to keep in mind now:

• Plan the data structure before starting the UI
• Keep the formulas as simple as possible
• Avoid unnecessary LookUp/Filter operations
• Think about delegation when working with large data
• Reuse components instead of creating everything from scratch
• Keep business logic in the right place instead of putting everything inside Power Apps

I’m still learning with every project, but these small things have made a big difference in the way I approach Power Platform development.

For other Power Apps developers, what is one lesson you learned the hard way?