Something I learned while building Power Apps

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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?

rajeshgan · Accepted Answer

Great points, Mohamed. I completely agree, especially around delegation and keeping formulas simple.

One lesson I’ve learned is to think about scalability and maintainability from the beginning, not after the app has already grown. Something that works well with a small dataset and a few users can become difficult to maintain as the data, users, flows, and business rules increase.

I’d also add that using solutions, environment variables, connection references, and reusable components early makes ALM and deployment between environments much easier later.

Thanks for sharing — these are definitely good practices for anyone building production Power Apps.

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