Introduction to the Novice Configurator Program: Building Your First App

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

In the Creator Workshop learning modules, Building Your First App and Beyond Basics, you'll create an application to intake and evaluate valid employee travel requests. These learning modules mirror what you can learn from the Creator Workshop Day 1 and Day 2 live sessions. The purpose of the Creator Workshop learning modules 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 learning module, 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 learning module is broken down into eight sections. These sections are called steps. Each step contains articles 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 learning module, you'll know how to build a simple Unqork application and be ready to build your own.

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

Step 1: Creating Your Workspace and Workflow Application To prepare for the use case article, you'll learn about Unqork Workspaces, workflows, Task nodes, and modules. In the use case article, 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 article, you'll learn about Text Field, Date Input, and Dropdown components. In the use case article, 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 article, you'll learn about Email and Button components. In the use case article, 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 article, you'll learn about Panel, Field Group, HTML Element, and Columns components. In the use case article, 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 article, you'll learn about the Decisions component, Data Types, and the DevTools Console. In the use case article, 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 article, you'll learn about workflow swimlanes and how to copy/paste modules. In the use case article, 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 article, 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 article, 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 article, you'll learn about snippets and the Calculator and Address Search components. In the use case article, 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 Program

The Novice Configurator Program 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 programs.

NOTE  Each use case step is one part of the Creator Workshop application configuration. Your configuration is not 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 article, you'll begin Step 1 of the Building Your First App learning module. In the first article of Step 1, you'll learn what Unqork Workspaces are and how to create your own.