Appian Community Edition

Introduction

Appian Community members who want to develop applications, improve their skills on the Appian platform, or just have an environment to experiment and learn low-code app development and automation can get access to Appian Community Edition for free.

When you register for Appian Community Edition, you gain access to a workspace, which is your personal area within the community environment. In your workspace, you can access most of the features and management capabilities the Appian platform offers.

In addition, Appian Community Edition is a new way to get started with low-code. It allows you to get hands-on with low-code for free and learn or explore what you can do with it by gaining unified access to extensive learning resources.

Appian Community Edition can be used for limited production purposes if used within the parameters of the terms and conditions of the Appian Community Edition license.

Accessing Appian Community Edition

If you are already an Appian Community member, you can log in, register for Appian Community Edition, and start building apps by selecting the learning journey that's right for you.

Otherwise, if you are new to Appian or you have not enrolled in Appian Community yet, start by creating your free account.

When you receive the email notification from Appian Community, click the included link to finalize your account settings.

You will receive an email confirmation when your account activation process is complete. At that point you can:

• Log in to your brand new Appian Community account.
• Register for Appian Community Edition.
• Choose your learning path.
• Gain access to all the great Appian Community resources.

The learning journey

Whether you are a business person or technically-minded user with no or limited exposure to low-code and building apps, or an experienced developer who wants to learn more about building applications and workflow automation on Appian, we have learning experiences and resources tailored to your needs.

Explore

By clicking I want to explore, you will quickly get started with hands-on experience by:

• Getting your Appian Community Edition environment up and running.
• Getting an interactive introduction to Appian.
• Learning and understanding the Appian platform capabilities through the lens of a real world use case.
• Following guided tutorials.
• Getting hands-on and experiencing how much faster and easier it is to build applications with low-code versus using traditional coding methodologies.

You can always dive deeper and even work towards getting Appian Certified by choosing the "Learn" path.

Learn

If you are a developer with some experience or you want to go deeper into Appian, low-code and automation, this is the path for you. By clicking I want to learn, you will:

• Build low-code applications.
• Learn best practices for object design, configuration, and security.
• Reinforce core skills through hands-on experience.
• Learn best practices for different use cases.
• Acquire techniques for ensuring scalable and maintainable implementations.
• Prepare to become an Appian Certified Associate Developer.

Managing your Appian Community Edition environment

With Appian Community Edition, you receive access to almost every feature of the Appian platform. Log in to your Appian Community Edition and use it regularly to keep it active.

Refer to the Appian Community Edition User Guide for details on:

• Understanding Appian Community Edition
• Appian Community Edition Product Restrictions
• Getting your Appian Community Edition
• Managing your Appian Community Edition
• Getting Appian Community Edition Assistance
• Upgrading to a Full Version of the Appian Platform

Appian Community Edition restrictions

Appian Community Edition is provided for free and intended for you to use to develop applications, learn, explore, and evaluate the Appian platform. They can be used for limited production purposes if used within the parameters of the terms and conditions of the Appian Community Edition license.

Appian Community Edition includes access to almost every feature of the commercial Appian platform. See the Community Edition Guide to learn about Appian Community Edition limitations and restrictions in detail.

What's next?

If you haven't done it yet, visit the My Learning Journey page in Appian Community and register for Appian Community Edition to start building applications and learning.

For instructions and more Appian Community Edition information, read the Appian Community Edition User Guide.

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