# Building

> Building resources that sit above any one platform: web frameworks and component libraries, UI design principles and tools, CI/CD and version control, prompting and coding agents, with links into the development and design sections of each Microsoft platform.

Source: https://ali.id.au/practices/building/ (last edited 2026-10-12)

- [Web development resources](https://ali.id.au/practices/building/web-development/index.md): Frameworks, component libraries, auth, testing and self-hosted apps
- [UI design resources](https://ali.id.au/practices/building/ui-design/index.md): Principles, Fluent 2, tools, type and colour
- [DevOps](https://ali.id.au/practices/building/devops-automation/index.md): CI/CD, version control and release practice
- [Building with LLMs](https://ali.id.au/practices/building/llms/index.md): Docs, patterns and tools for agents and coding assistants

## Development by platform

* [Microsoft 365 + SPFx](/platforms/m365-sharepoint/development/) - Graph, PnP, React components and dev tools
* [Power Platform + Dataverse](/platforms/power-platform-d365/development/) - Web API, plug-ins, PCF and integration
* [Power Apps](/platforms/power-platform-d365/power-apps/#development) - CLI, PCF, ALM and code apps
* [Power Automate](/platforms/power-platform-d365/power-automate/#development) - Flow Studio, Power CAT Tools and management connectors
* [Copilot Studio](/platforms/power-platform-d365/copilot-studio/) - agents on the Power Platform
* [Business Central](/platforms/power-platform-d365/business-central/#development) - AL, AL-Go and containers
* [Azure](/platforms/cloud-it/azure/) - Functions, Logic Apps, Bicep and Entra ID
* [Fabric + Power BI](/platforms/power-platform-d365/fabric-power-bi/#development) - Tabular Editor, DAX Studio and the REST APIs

## Design by platform

* [IA + Comms](/platforms/m365-sharepoint/ia-comms/) - intranet design, writing and style guides
* [SharePoint power users](/platforms/m365-sharepoint/power-user/#explore-successful-examples) - look books and intranet awards
* [Power Apps](/platforms/power-platform-d365/power-apps/#design) - modern controls, responsive and accessible apps