Building Low-Code Applications with Mendix

Chapter 11: Storing Data

Data data data! What is an application without data? It would be like a pizza without cheese and sauce, a movie without actors and a plot, or a book without words! Every application needs some amount of data in order to be useful and needed. In this chapter, we will discuss how to make the best use of the Mendix domain model for data storage and retrieval. We will build off the information presented in Chapter 6, Understanding Domain Model Basics, of this book and continue to build out the project you have been creating throughout the book. Specifically, we will discuss the following topics:

• Creating associations for your data – Associating your data with various entities is a core concept of any Mendix project. In ...