Introduction to the Novice Configurator Learning Path: Building Your First App

Welcome to the Novice Configurator Learning Path. This  learning path is designed to give you all the information you need to successfully build your first functional application. To complete this learning path and receive your Novice Configurator certification, you must complete the Creator Workshop courses and then pass the Novice Configurator Badge Exam.

In the Creator Workshop courses, Building Your First App and Beyond Basics, you'll create an application to intake and evaluate valid employee travel requests. These courses mirror what you can learn from the Creator Workshop Day 1 and Day 2 live sessions. The purpose of the Creator Workshop courses is to give you flexibility in your learning journey. That way, you can switch between the two learning mediums as you progress toward your Novice certification.

What You'll Learn

In the Building Your First App course, you'll configure the first half of your Creator Workshop application. Your application will take in and validate employee travel information. If the validation passes, the application will display additional information about the travel request to the employee. If the validation fails, the application will notify the employee that their request has been denied.

Building Your First App Learning Steps

To simplify your learning experience, the Building Your First App course is broken down into eight sections. These sections are called steps. Each step contains lessons that teach you the basics of each element used in the configuration. These elements include concepts, module components, and workflow nodes. Once you are familiar with the elements in each step, you'll apply what you've learned in a use case step. Each use case step brings you closer to completing your first, fully-functional Creator Workshop application. By the end of the course, you'll know how to build a simple Unqork application and be ready to build your own.

In the Building Your First App course, you'll complete the following use case steps:

Step 1: Creating Your Workspace and Workflow Application

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about Unqork Workspaces, workflows, Task nodes, and modules.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to create a Workspace, an application, and an Unqork Workflow.

Step 2: Retrieving Employee Information

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about Text Field, Date Input, and Dropdown components.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to configure the Text Field, Date Input, and Dropdown components to intake employee data.

Step 3: Retrieving Employee Information Continued

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about Email and Button components.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to configure an Email and Button component to intake employee data and display a pop-up modal A modal is a window that appears on top of the content you are currently viewing..

Step 4: Displaying Company Travel Policy

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about Panel, Field Group, HTML Element, and Columns components.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to configure a Panel and HTML Element component to display a pop-up modal. You'll also learn how to use the Field Group and Columns components to edit the display and layout of your module.

Step 5: Viewing Submission Data on the DevTools Console

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about the Decisions component, Data Types, and the DevTools Console.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to trigger components using the Decisions component. You'll also learn how to test your configurations by executing configuration previews and using the DevTools Console The DevTools Console helps you securely store, build, test, and deploy your software..

Step 6: Editing Swimlanes and Copy/Pasting a Module

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about workflow swimlanes and how to copy/paste modules.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to copy and paste a module definition and configure swimlane settings.

Step 7: Configuring Valid and Invalid Email Workflow Paths

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about the Initializer, Decisions, and Hidden components. You'll also learn about the Exclusive Gateway and Message nodes.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how the Initializer, Decisions, and Hidden components validate email addresses for a company domain. You'll also learn how to use the Exclusive Gateway node to direct the end-user End-users, also known as Express Users, are the individuals accessing an application through Express View. In most cases, end-users are the customers using the product.'s application path based on their validation response. And, finally, you'll learn how to send automated messages using a Message node.

Step 8: Adding Snippets to a Module and Calculating Travel Cost

To prepare for the use case lesson, you'll learn about snippets and the Calculator and Address Search components.

In the use case lesson, you'll learn how to add snippets to a module. You'll also learn how the Calculator and Address Search components can be used to show travel information related to an end-user End-users, also known as Express Users, are the individuals accessing an application through Express View. In most cases, end-users are the customers using the product.'s submissions.

 

What You Should Know Before Starting This Course

The Novice Configurator Learning Path is for Creators Also known as Unqork Users, or Designer Users; is anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. who are new to Unqork. If you're experienced with building applications in Unqork, consider growing your knowledge and skills by taking one of our other configurator learning paths.

NOTE  Each use case step is one part of the Creator Workshop application configuration. Your configuration isn't complete until finishing Step 12 in Beyond Basics. When viewing and testing your application before its completion, you might encounter errors or incomplete configurations.

Begin Your Learning

In the next lesson, you'll begin Step 1 of the Building Your First App course. In the first lesson of Step 1, you'll learn what Unqork Workspaces are and how to create your own.