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Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
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Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#82Noodl! https://www.noodl.net/ Highly visual, great for people who have difficulties finding curly braces and the semicolon on their keyboards ;)
(It also has DB integration!)
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#83I’ve tried Retool in the past. Really enjoyed it. https://retool.com
+1 on retool, my company uses retool extensively to build out admin tools for our operations and CX teams. It's incredibly straightforward and easy to hook it up directly to DB's for reading, as well as other query/requests. Coming from building admin tools in ruby on rails previously, this is incredibly easy and straightforward. If I have the money to pay for retool I don't think I would choose another tool in the f…
For those who already familiar with the SQL, Retool is pretty cool.
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
The interface between Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Dynamics for example seems to make sense to me - that these low-code solutions can be used to augment an existing (cloud-based) ERP with new forms/capability that wouldn't otherwise be practical. It seems to be a case of 'right-tool-right-job' rather than a blanket rule that no-code is good/bad. I actually think no-code is incredibly powerful when applied by the…
I personally believe that Microsoft has lost their way when it comes to low code (which is why we are trying to build a replacement). PowerApps is a lot less powerful than the traditional VBA/Excel/Access combo. However they did manage to add RPA to PowerApps, which is a plus.
Eh, VBA & Excel serve a fundamentally different use-case for Microsoft. Building lots of hacky applications using spreadsheets was never the intention, and does not result in good applications.
Access... I agree and miss it, but I can see why they wanted to replace it. You couldn't build scalable applications with it because of database locking, and to do the sort of stuff you can do in PowerApps you had to resort to VBA which was beyond the capability of most users (and a language they were trying to escape from anyway!). Lots of the things being built in Access could also be built in Sharepoint Lists, which was also simpler for many users and 'cloud/mobile native'. The more complicated things being built in access... I believe Microsoft probably looked at a lot of them and thought that they would be better in SQL Server & C# / Visual Studio. Plus from a commercial perspective it's way easier to sell PowerApps, you just show managers that you can put things on their phone.
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
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That seems reasonable, though it looks like it's a few years old by now. You can use my project template, it comes with the admin enabled out of the box: https://github.com/skorokithakis/django-project-template You just install that, add the TODOs that it says, and then run it with "./manage.py migrate; ./manage.py createsuperuser; ./manage.py runserver", and that's about it.
I took a quick look at the README and this looks like a great resource. Docker-readiness is a nice touch. I should definitely find some time for trying this out. Thank you for the advice, Stavros!
I'm glad you like it!
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#86Surprised nobody has mentioned Bubble. It's probably the low/no-code platform I've heard the best things about. It's not self-hosted though.
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
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This is definitely the correct approach! This will take a few minutes to implement and be significantly more stable and full-featured than any low/no-code solution.
Interesting! It would be awesome if anyone would want to expand on this advice (^_^) How does one get started with Django Admin? Would this tutorial be a good start? https://first-django-admin.readthedocs.io/
I think the best one would simply be the Django 'Getting Started' guide, which covers admin.
Here is the relevant page:
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#88You should check out ZenBase https://getzenbase.com . It's a completely web-based database application builder with built-in user role management, CRUD UI, and data audit trail. It's a mix between Retool and SeekWell.
Founder of SeekWell here, thanks for the mention.
We have a feature called Forms[0] which is pretty spot on for what OP mentioned. Happy to show you (or anyone else) around the product. I'm mike@seekwell.io
Also worth noting we have a simple way to two way sync data between Google Sheets and a SQL database[1]. This turns Sheets into a UI for your database. Works really well for teams that are already using Sheets and turn
0 - https://doc.seekwell.io/forms 1 - https://doc.seekwell.io/syncsheet
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#89You can give https://frappeframework.com a try, it is MIT licensed, really powerful and comprehensive, excellent for making CRUD apps. Also has a PaaS offering on https://frappecloud.com
Full Disclosure: I worked at Frappe for the last 2 years
Re: Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
#90We (seekwell.io) have a feature called Forms[0] which is pretty spot on for what OP mentioned. Happy to show you (or anyone else) around the product. I'm one mike@seekwell.io
Also worth noting we have a simple way to two way sync data between Google Sheets and a SQL database[1]. This turns Sheets into a UI for your database. Works really well for teams that are already using Sheets and turn
0 - https://doc.seekwell.io/forms 1 - https://doc.seekwell.io/syncsheet