Colorful Optionset PCF – Virtual and Improved With Diana Birkelbach

May 8, 2022

Daryl and Scott interview Diana Birkelbach, PCF Lady, about the latest improvements for the Colorful Optionset PCF control.

Some of the highlights:

• If it ain’t your computer, don’t touch the screen
• Using React and Fluent UI for PCF Control
• Diana's helpful hints for picking up react
• What is React-based virtual code component
• Advantages of Virtual Controls
  • Size of files
  • Visible Performance improvements
  • Allows for Some Fluent UI controls to communicate across PCF controls
• What happens when MS update the React used in the platform?
• Diana talks through some of her future plans/ideas for Canvas Apps/Custom Pages
• Diana shares her PCF  Wishlist
• Scott apologizes to the Classic UI
• Jonas used Early Bound in a Plugin
• Diana's "Hooked to PCF" session in Power Apps Developer Bootcamp

Diana's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://dianabirkelbach.wordpress.com
• Twitter - @DianaBirkelbach
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-birkelbach
• GitHub - https://github.com/brasov2de
• Power Apps Community Forum for questions - https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Pro-Dev-ISV/bd-p/pa_component_framework
• Colorful Optionset PCF – Virtual and Improved
  https://dianabirkelbach.wordpress.com/2022/04/24/colorful-optionset-pcf-virtual-and-improved
• UpdateView in Virtual PCF Components and how to optimize rendering
  https://dianabirkelbach.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/updateview-in-virtual-pcf-components-and-how-to-optimize-rendering

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Your hosts:
Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar
Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com