Microsoft Power Fx

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Short description: General purpose programming language
Microsoft Power Fx
Power Fx logo.png
ParadigmLow-code, general-purpose, imperative, strongly typed, declarative, functional
Designed byVijay Mital, Robin Abraham, Shon Katzenberger, Darryl Rubin, Greg Lindhorst, Mike Stall
DeveloperMicrosoft
First appeared2021; 3 years ago (2021)
Typing disciplinestrong
LicenseMIT License
Websitedocs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/overview
Influenced by
Excel functions, Excel macros, Pascal, Mathematica, Miranda

Microsoft Power Fx is a free and open source low-code, general-purpose programming language for expressing logic across the Microsoft Power Platform.[1][2][3]

It was first announced at Ignite 2021 and the specification was released in March 2021.[4][5] It is based on spreadsheet-like formulas to make it accessible to large numbers of people.[6] It was also influenced by programming languages and tools like Pascal, Mathematica, and Miranda.[7]

As Microsoft describes the language, it heavily borrows from the spreadsheet paradigm. In a spreadsheet, cells can contain formulas referring to the contents of other cells; if the user changes the content of a cell, the values of all its dependent cells are automatically updated. In a similar fashion, the properties of components in a Power Fx program are connected by formulas (whose syntax is very reminiscent of Excel) and their values are automatically updated if changes occur. For instance, a simple formula may connect a component's color property to the value of a slider component; if the user moves the slider, the color changes.[8]

The initial formula language was created by a Microsoft team led by Vijay Mital, Robin Abraham, Shon Katzenberger and Darryl Rubin as part of the Tangram and Siena projects.[8][7] Later, as part of Power Apps, Greg Lindhorst and Mike Stall led the effort to enhance the language to what is now become Power Fx. Power Fx is available as Open-source software.[9] The source code was shared under MIT license by Microsoft on November 2. 2021.[10] Only the documentation was originally open source.[11]

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References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Tim (2021-03-02). "Excel-lent: Microsoft debuts low-code Power Fx language... but it is not really new". The Register. https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/02/microsoft_debuts_lowcode_power_fx/. 
  2. ↑ Melanson, Mike (2021-03-06). "This Week in Programming: Microsoft's Power Fx 'Low Code' Language". The New Stack. https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-microsofts-power-fx-low-code-language/. 
  3. ↑ Moorhead, Patrick. "Microsoft Build And Power Platform - Navigating Change, And The Role Power Technology Can Play" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2021/05/25/microsoft-build-and-power-platformnavigating-change-and-the-role-power-technology-can-play/. 
  4. ↑ Jawad, Hamza (2021-03-02). "Microsoft confirms the launch of Power Fx, its new low-code language". Neowin. https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-the-launch-of-power-fx-its-new-low-code-language/. 
  5. ↑ Vizard, Mike (2021-03-08). "Microsoft Open Sources Low-Code Power Fx Language". developer.com. https://www.developer.com/net/microsoft-open-sources-low-code-power-fx-language.html. 
  6. ↑ Wyciślik-Wilson, Sofia (2021-03-03). "Microsoft Power Fx is an open source, low-code programming language". BetaNews. https://betanews.com/2021/03/03/microsoft-power-fx-open-source-low-code-programming-language/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lardinois, Frederic (2021-03-02). "Microsoft launches Power Fx, a new open source low-code language". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/02/microsoft-launches-power-fx-a-new-open-source-low-code-language-for-its-power-platform/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Microsoft Power Fx overview - Power Platform" (in en-us). 2021-02-26. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/overview. 
  9. ↑ "GitHub - Microsoft/Power-Fx: Power Fx low-code programming language". https://github.com/microsoft/Power-Fx. 
  10. ↑ "Greg Lindhorst: Power Fx: Open source now available". 2021-11-02. https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-fx-open-source-now-available/. 
  11. ↑ "Microsoft Power Fx overview - Power Platform" (in en-us). https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/overview. 

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