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Creating and using a demo application
Betty Blocks offers Academy users a single demo application. Using this application is subjected to the following rules and conditions:
- 1. The demo application falls under a ‘fair use’ policy.
- 2. The demo application should only be used for educational purposes, following the Online Academy’s content and its extent.
- 3. The demo application can’t be used for production purposes.
- 4. The demo application can’t be managed through My Betty Blocks by the user.
- 5. The demo application is a stand-alone environment and can’t have sandboxes, nor does it offer version control.
- 6. The demo application will remain part of a controlled Academy environment.
- 7. The demo application follows a ‘one app per user, one user per app’ policy.
- 8. The demo application’s features and options can be restricted should it fall under the Academy’s vision.
- 9. The demo application isn’t included in a customer license and doesn’t count toward a license limit.
- 10. Betty Blocks is and remains the owner of the demo application.
- 11. Betty Blocks has and keeps the rights to revoke the user’s access to the demo application if deemed necessary.
- 12. Betty Blocks has and keeps the rights to remove the demo application or reset it to its original state if deemed necessary.
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Actions explained
About
One of the core strengths of a platform like Betty Blocks is to easily implement automated processes, empowering your users through complex actions. Wether you need a simple calculation or entire business flows, it's possible with Actions. Before you can dance with the greats, let's start off easy.
This course includes...
Videos that explain what things are, how they work in Betty Blocks and specific assignments so you can put your new skills to practice straight away. In short, during this course you'll learn:
- How to create an action
- How to add events targeting Flow control
- How to add events targeting Data control
- How to generate pdf documents and store files in an archive
At the end of this course...
You've built a process through multiple actions to generate pdf documents.
Ready to get started?
All you need is:
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A computer or laptop
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Chrome or Safari browser
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Betty Blocks account
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Coffee or tea
Course steps
1. Introduction to actions
Introduction to actions
00:47
Assignments
1. Implementing basic flow control events
After seeing how you can affect the way an action advances through conditions, loops and subactions, it's up to you to use it for your own action.
2. Implementing basic data control events
Jip showed you how to use CRUD events to manipulate data. In this assignment, you are doing this yourself to continue on the action created in the previous assignment.
3. Capturing data in pdf and zip files
Make sure the template matches your data model's naming
With the previous videos, you learned some basics on how to generate documents and archive files. This assignment will test if you got everything, so watch Jip's summary and work on the tasks below.
Frequently asked questions
Can I follow this course without knowledge of Betty Blocks?
Yes, you can! The course is divided in chapters, where each chapter touches an aspect of the platform. It starts off easy so you can get the basics under control.
Do I need a Betty Blocks account to follow the course?
Yes, you do. Each chapter is concluded with an assignment. You'll need a Betty Blocks account so you can build in your own app.
Am I restricted to a learning environment when following this course?
No, you're not. You can follow the course, build the assignments in your own app and use it for whatever goal you have. Feel free to continue building on your app after finishing the course.