Really glad to see you guys launching out of beta! I remember trying Budibase a while ago, one thing I notice you didn't mention was an Oracle database integration, is this something that might happen any time soon?
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#12The landing page is devoid of images on Safari. Is the actual product similarly limited?
Re: Show HN: Budibase – An open-source low code platform
#13Really glad to see you guys launching out of beta! I remember trying Budibase a while ago, one thing I notice you didn't mention was an Oracle database integration, is this something that might happen any time soon?
We are currently in the process of shipping an oracle integration and it will be available in our release next week!
Our oracle integration will also include automatic schema fetching and query generation, so we can completely automate CRUD operations against your existing oracle database.
Re: Show HN: Budibase – An open-source low code platform
#14The landing page is devoid of images on Safari. Is the actual product similarly limited?
What version of safari are you on?
Re: Show HN: Budibase – An open-source low code platform
#15Really glad to see you guys launching out of beta! I remember trying Budibase a while ago, one thing I notice you didn't mention was an Oracle database integration, is this something that might happen any time soon?
We are currently in the process of shipping an oracle integration and it will be available in our release next week! Our oracle integration will also include automatic schema fetching and query generation, so we can completely automate CRUD operations against your existing oracle database.
That's great, will have to give it a try!
Re: Show HN: Budibase – An open-source low code platform
#16The landing page is devoid of images on Safari. Is the actual product similarly limited?
Thanks for that! Seems like older versions of Safari don't support the webp format of images that we are using on the site.
The actual product does not use this format, so it has full safari support and will work as expected.
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#17I have played around with this product a few times over the last few months! It's getting better with every release. I used it for an internal work tool last week and was able to be up and running in less than an hour, where normally I'd have spent a day at it. Using the blocks lets me forget about the design as well.
Would recommend everyone have play with it!
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#18Got to say a big thanks to the team for what they've built so far, always enjoy using Budibase and find myself recommending plenty of other people to give it a try!
Btw I love seeing the monthly updates Budibase showcase on your YouTube channel, keep them coming! Makes me excited seeing more and more features added each and every month on top of everything that is already there.
Re: Show HN: Budibase – An open-source low code platform
#19Got to say a big thanks to the team for what they've built so far, always enjoy using Budibase and find myself recommending plenty of other people to give it a try! Btw I love seeing the monthly updates Budibase showcase on your YouTube channel, keep them coming! Makes me excited seeing more and more features added each and every month on top of everything that is already there.
Cheers for the support. The videos are a little basic and rough around the edges, but hopefully they get the point across.
Re: Show HN: Budibase – An open-source low code platform
#20I've been looking for a no-code solution to quickly build webapps on top of APIs exposed for mobile apps. I've been documenting OpenAPI specs[0], and evaluated most Nocode solutions in the market, trying out the "Rest API" integration in all of them.
Did the same for Budibase, and here's some feedback (on just the REST API integration):
1. Please link the (?) icon to the correct place in the docs. eg, if I'm on the REST screen, it makes more sense to send me to https://docs.budibase.com/quickstart-tutorials/crud-app-with..., instead of https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions/
2. Provide html input placeholders in all fields. Understanding whether "Url" field refers to the base URL, or a complete endpoint URL (different platforms treat this differently) is confusing. Even things like whether or not it needs a trailing slash. Having a placeholder with a standard API (such as OpenAPI Pets example) makes it easier.
3. The Jinja template format is great (I don't think any other platform came close to what this simple solution does) - but it isn't documented well enough. The API endpoint creation form should guide me to it as a possibility - without me having to look for it.
4. Really liked the auto-schema detection.
5. The forms really need to be more explanatory. ("Parameters" could refer to HTTP body parameters, or REST API parameters, but it's unclear)
6. Rough edges such as [1] should either be fixed, or automatically be disallowed.
As an aside, I'm curious why the entire nocode industry docs are on GitBooks.
[0]: https://stoplight.captnemo.in/
[1]: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions/1385#discus...