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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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Deleting your demo application is an irreversible action.
Any development done can’t be restored.
Generate QR codes through web services
About
Wether it’s your first web service, or your twentieth: practice makes perfect. Follow this course to implement web service features in your application, using a QR code generator.
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 a basic web service
- How to create web service endpoints
- How to use a web service in an action
- How to generate QR codes through a web service
At the end of this course...
You'll understand what a web service is and how to create one from scratch by yourself. You know how to generate QR codes through a web service!
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
Note: This course uses an external service (API). Unannounced changes to their service are possible. We'll try to edit the course as soon as possible should this happen. Let us know if you experience this!
Course steps
1. Introduction
Introduction
00:59
3. Generating the QR codes
Using query variables in a web service endpoint
04:49
Using a web service endpoint in an action
02:07
4. Recap
Recap
00:54
Assignments
1. Preparing the data model
Before starting this assignment we expect you to know the basics of designing a Data Model
Since you already know the basics of creating a Data Model, we can immediately start creating one as preparation for the rest of the course.
Good luck!
2. Create the web service and endpoint
Before starting this assignment we expect you to know the basics of creating a web service and endpoint
In the previous assignment we've prepared the Data Model for our QuickResponseCode records.In this assignment, we're creating the actual Web Service and its endpoint(s).
For more information about the web service, take a look at their documentation: http://goqr.me/api/
3. Using a web service in an action
In the previous assignment we created the web service along with the web service endpoint which we'll be using in this assignment. Because in this assignment, we'll use the web service inside of an HTTP request action event.