Microsoft Power Fx

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]

Not to be confused with PowerFX.
Microsoft Power Fx
ParadigmLow-code, general-purpose, imperative, strongly typed, declarative, functional
Designed byVijay Mital, Robin Abraham, Shon Katzenberger, Darryl Rubin
DeveloperMicrosoft
First appeared2021 (2021)
Typing disciplinestrong
LicenseMIT License
Websitedocs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/overview
Influenced by
Excel functions, Excel macros, Pascal, Mathematica, Miranda

The programming language was first announced at Ignite 2021 and the specification was released in March 2021.[3][4] It is based on spreadsheet-like formulas to make it accessible to a large number of people.[5] Power Fx was also influenced by programming languages and tools like Pascal, Mathematica, and Miranda.[6]

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, and if the user changes the content of a cell, the values of all dependent cells are automatically updated. In a similar fashion, the various 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 might connect the color property of some component to the value of a slider component, and if the user moves the slider, the color will automatically change.[7]

The Power Fx language was developed by a team at Microsoft led by Vijay Mital, Robin Abraham, Shon Katzenberger and Darryl Rubin.[7][6] Power Fx is available as Open-source software.[8] The source code was shared under MIT license by Microsoft on November 2. 2021.[9] The documentation only was open source earlier.

See also

References
  1. Anderson, Tim (2021-03-02). "Excel-lent: Microsoft debuts low-code Power Fx language... but it is not really new". The Register. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. Melanson, Mike (2021-03-06). "This Week in Programming: Microsoft's Power Fx 'Low Code' Language". The New Stack. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. Jawad, Hamza (2021-03-02). "Microsoft confirms the launch of Power Fx, its new low-code language". Neowin. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  4. Vizard, Mike (2021-03-08). "Microsoft Open Sources Low-Code Power Fx Language". developer.com. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  5. Wyciślik-Wilson, Sofia (2021-03-03). "Microsoft Power Fx is an open source, low-code programming language". BetaNews. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  6. Lardinois, Frederic (2021-03-02). "Microsoft launches Power Fx, a new open source low-code language". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  7. "Microsoft Power Fx overview - Power Platform". docs.microsoft.com. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  8. "GitHub - Microsoft/Power-Fx: Power Fx low-code programming language". GitHub.
  9. "Greg Lindhorst: Power Fx: Open source now available". 2021-11-02.
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