Expert tutorials and insights on Microsoft Power Platform, Vibe Coding, and full-stack development. Join Charles Sexton for coding tips, tools and tutorials. https://charlessexton.com/ en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:13:59 GMT SvelteKit RSS Generator A native confirmation dialog has been added to Canvas Apps. This is how to use it. https://charlessexton.com/blog/canvas-apps-has-a-confirm-dialog-now https://charlessexton.com/blog/canvas-apps-has-a-confirm-dialog-now Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI has removed the skill barrier to writing code. It's time for organisations to let their Makers build Power Apps with Code Apps; not just developers. https://charlessexton.com/blog/forget-canvas-apps-it-s-time-to-let-your-makers-write-code https://charlessexton.com/blog/forget-canvas-apps-it-s-time-to-let-your-makers-write-code Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT Have you ever wanted to be able to check your Makers knowledge? You can use this solution to automatically save users' completed modules, certifications and applied skills into Dataverse. https://charlessexton.com/blog/microsoft-learn-extractor https://charlessexton.com/blog/microsoft-learn-extractor Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT In this tutorial, we'll look at how you can use the values from Environment Variables in your Power Apps Canvas Apps. https://charlessexton.com/blog/environment-variables-in-canvas-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/environment-variables-in-canvas-apps Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Did you know that you can generate your canvas app controls using YAML? Here's a free solution to show you how. https://charlessexton.com/blog/yaml-generation-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/yaml-generation-in-power-apps Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT In this short tutorial we will build an automated low-code plug-in to rename the primary name field synchronously. https://charlessexton.com/blog/dataverse-automated-low-code-plug-in-tutorial https://charlessexton.com/blog/dataverse-automated-low-code-plug-in-tutorial Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Here are 5 features in canvas apps that you might not yet know about. Did you know that there are accessibility features missing from the modern controls (at the time of writing)? https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-little-known-features-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-little-known-features-in-power-apps Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT A free Power App sample to help with converting colours, or to help you learn new techniques. https://charlessexton.com/blog/color-converter-canvas-app https://charlessexton.com/blog/color-converter-canvas-app Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT If you're working with hex colours it's not a problem. We can convert them to the Power Apps RGBA format. We can even include alpha transparency (opacity). Let's investigate and take a deep dive into colour codes in canvas apps. https://charlessexton.com/blog/color-conversion-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/color-conversion-in-power-apps Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT The HTML control allows to enter HTML in our Canvas Apps, with some limitations. Here are some really cool tricks you can use, to expand your repertoire. https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-html-control-tricks-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-html-control-tricks-in-power-apps Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT The loading time for your app is greatly affected by your images. Learn which types of image to use and how to use them in this article. https://charlessexton.com/blog/images-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/images-in-power-apps Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Most animated text tutorials tell you about using timers, but SVGs are far superior. Here's how to do it in Power Apps. https://charlessexton.com/blog/animated-text-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/animated-text-in-power-apps Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Most animated progress bar tutorials tell you about using timers, but SVGs are far superior. Here's how to do it in Power Apps. https://charlessexton.com/blog/animated-progress-bar-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/animated-progress-bar-in-power-apps Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Extracting a user's security roles is one thing, getting them from the user's security groups as well is a whole other ball game. Let's find out how to do it! https://charlessexton.com/blog/checking-group-security-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/checking-group-security-in-power-apps Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Don't hard code your permissions to specific users. This article will show you how to follow best practices by utilising security roles. https://charlessexton.com/blog/setting-permissions-in-power-apps-using-security-roles https://charlessexton.com/blog/setting-permissions-in-power-apps-using-security-roles Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Here are 5 tools to boost your productivity and help you to be a better Power Platform consultant / developer https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-free-tools-to-help-a-power-apps-developer https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-free-tools-to-help-a-power-apps-developer Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT I have released a browser extension so that you can have a dark mode code editor in Power Apps Studio. https://charlessexton.com/blog/dark-mode-power-fx-formula-bar-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/dark-mode-power-fx-formula-bar-in-power-apps Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT Have you ever tried searching for something stored in Dataverse that has square brackets in it? In this article I'll explain why it doesn't work in canvas apps and what we can do to combat that. https://charlessexton.com/blog/square-brackets-search-in-dataverse https://charlessexton.com/blog/square-brackets-search-in-dataverse Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT Increase your productivity with these Power Apps keyboard shortcuts for both Windows and MacOs https://charlessexton.com/blog/keyboard-shortcuts-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/keyboard-shortcuts-in-power-apps Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT Sometimes the Power Fx code we write is unintentionally longer than it needs to be. In this article we're going to look at ways we can shorten our code and make it more readable. https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-tips-to-condense-your-power-fx-code https://charlessexton.com/blog/5-tips-to-condense-your-power-fx-code Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT How to create a scaleable, animated SVG overlay in Power Apps. This is responsive and beautiful. https://charlessexton.com/blog/creating-a-loading-overlay-in-power-apps https://charlessexton.com/blog/creating-a-loading-overlay-in-power-apps Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT This is a tool to help you convert SVG code into Power Apps image control code quicker and easier! https://charlessexton.com/blog/power-apps-svg-converter https://charlessexton.com/blog/power-apps-svg-converter Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT In this post I'll explain what this website is about and what technologies I've used https://charlessexton.com/blog/welcome-to-my-website https://charlessexton.com/blog/welcome-to-my-website Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Delegation can be really confusing and frustrating in PowerApps, but it doesn't have to be. Here's a simple explanation about what delegation is and why it's actually your friend. https://charlessexton.com/blog/delegation-is-confusing https://charlessexton.com/blog/delegation-is-confusing Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT