Building your application | Betty Blocks Documentation

Building your application

Learn the Betty Blocks platform and features you can use to build your own application

180 articles

Intro to building your applicationThis section is dedicated to building and managing your applications within Betty Blocks.

Pages

Create a custom front-end for your customers using the page builder's capabilities.

Pages standards & best practicesLearn what the development standards are and which best practices you should use whilst building your pages.

Learn about PagesWorking with page-building features_{18 articles}

ReferenceBrief overview of the page components and interactions_{9 articles}

Using page componentsSingle component use explained_{34 articles}

Data model

Navigate from setting up your first data model to advanced property validations and model permissions.

Model typesLearn about Betty Blocks model types, their characteristics and features.

Data model standards & best practicesDiscover what the development standards are and which best practices you should use within your data model.

What are model permissions?Using permissions, you can provide or restrict access to information in your application for specific roles.

Learn about data modelScratching the surface of working with data models. _{17 articles}

Remote data sourcesEverything you need to know about using remote data sources within Betty Blocks._{4 articles}

Schema modelsExtra information for understanding how to use specific models._{1 article}

ReferencesReferences to data models, properties, relations, permissions and more._{2 articles}

Actions

Find out how to create logical workflows in your application.

Learn about actionsStarting point to learn about the action builder of Betty Blocks. _{6 articles}

Best practicesSet of best practices for working with the action builder. _{7 articles}

ReferencesReferences to the action builder's functionalities: triggers, steps and variables._{3 articles}

Using native action stepsThe actions steps explained._{9 articles}

Block store

Embrace reusability and block sharing functionality with the block store.

Getting startedDiscover what the block store about and how to navigate through it._{1 article}

Guides to managing your blocksFind out how to install, save, share and manage blocks. _{6 articles}

Verified blocksVerified blocks in the store, public data sources and action steps. _{3 articles}

Tools

Learn about tools our platform has to offer reaching from performance monitoring to integrating a mailbox in your application.

Public filesUsing the public files across your applications. _{1 article}

LogsFind out what logs are used for and where to find them. _{1 article}

ConfigurationsHow to set up configurations and why they are connected to sandboxes._{1 article}

Authentication profilesUsing the authentication (to enable connections between apps and databases). _{1 article}

Translations: building multilingual applicationsManaging languages and translations in your apps. _{6 articles}

Theme builderWorking with colors, fonts and more. _{3 articles}

Application settingsUsing general app to set a home page, error pages and more. _{3 articles}

Templates

Articles about the various application & page templates Betty Blocks has to offer.

Working with application templatesUsing your own application as the basis for more innovation!

Application templatesVarious types of applications with pre-configured pages._{4 articles}

Page templatesPre-configured page templates to enhance your building process. _{9 articles}

Authorization

Authorization options help you define exactly which user (or group) can see a certain data or perform a certain action.

PlatformThe platform's additional tools and locations._{2 articles}

Web pages authorization explainedFind out about authentication profiles and their configuration. _{1 article}

Troubleshooting

Find out how to fix issues with your app's performance, efficiency and effectiveness.

Compiled page/application errors and how to solve them

Debugging best practicesFind out how to work with debugging tools within Betty Blocks. _{4 articles}

MaintenanceSpecialised support services, backup policy, security tests and others. _{3 articles}

Enablement toolkit

Expand your environment by creating custom components or action functions.

Setting up your pro-code environmentA starting point to get to know the ways of creating custom functionalities within the Betty Blocks platform.

Creating custom componentsA guide to creating custom components for pro-coders within the Betty Blocks platform.

Sharing an action function (via the CLI)The process of creating and sharing a new custom action step via the block store.

Create your custom action stepsIn this article, we'll show you the available resources and go through the basic steps to get started with creating your own custom steps.

Using OAuth 2.0 to set up Google SSO for your applicationDiscover what Google single sign-on login method is and how to set it up in your Betty Blocks application.

Expand your software: a quick-start guideA brief guide to integrating your software tools with a Betty Blocks application.

Data APIUnderstanding and working with data APIs. _{5 articles}

Miscellaneous

Documentation about updates, information or general items

What is AI?This introductory article explains artificial intelligence and its functionality within the Betty Blocks platform.

AI application flowThis article will give you a general idea of how AI might be integrated with your Betty Blocks application.

Introduction to on-prem installationItems to keep in mind when working with a Betty Blocks on-premise installation