Overview

There’s no better way to reinforce app-building concepts than by building an app. Applied Development is a 5 day, instructor-led course delivered in-person or remotely. This course simulates real-world project development and delivery using knowledge and skills learned during the initial Appian Developer curriculum.

In just 5 days, you’ll use real-world requirements to build a robust and functional application. You’ll reinforce basic skills and learn more advanced platform capabilities through guided practice and challenge activities. Class will be structured in such a way to re-create real world development, so in addition to building a realistic app, you’ll see Appian’s delivery methodology at work.

Applied courses emphasize hands-on learning through doing rather than lecture and demonstration. The instructor serves as a coach and mentor to each student while working through the project simulation user stories. This course assumes all students have a strong grasp of concepts taught in the Appian Developer curriculum.

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

• Plan and Build a Realistic Application
• Translate Requirements into Objects
• Identify Patterns and Anti-Patterns
• Implement Quality Assurance

Objectives

• Plan and execute simple application architecture patterns
• Explain commonly used Appian delivery methodology practices
• Translate requirements into application objects
• Identify common design patterns/anti-patterns
• Implement common quality assurance practices by testing the app features (using different business user personas)

Prerequisites

• Before starting the Applied Development course, you need to have done the following activities at least once:

  • Create an Application
  • Create a Group
  • Create Folders
  • Create an Expression Rule
  • Create and configure a Decision Table
  • Create a Constant
  • Create a Custom Data Type
  • Create a Data Store and at least one Data Store Entity
  • Create a Process Model
  • Configure a Write to Data Store Entity Smart Service
  • Create an Entity-Backed Record Type
  • Create an Interface and use it as a Start Form in a Process Model
  • Create an Interface and use it as a Summary View for a Record Type
  • Configure a Related Action on a Record Type using a Process Model
  • Create a query using the function a!queryEntity
  • Create a Site and configure at least one page in it
  • Create an Interface and use it as a Report

• You can find descriptions of all these activities in Appian Developer.

How can you take this course?