Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by hdjjhhvvhga » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:06 AM UTC

AshleysBrain wrote: post #39

It's for games (not sure if that's what you meant) but our startup makes Construct 3, a NoCode platform for developing games: https://www.construct.net

Oh thanks I was looking for it recently and I couldn't remember the name. I remember using it a few years ago with my daughter, she was able to create something simple, playable and enjoyable in an hour or so, using cut-out photos of her family. I remember the scrolling was very smooth and the final result was nothing to be ashamed of. Thank you for giving us hours of fun! I'll download it today and see what's changed since.

EDIT: OK so it was Construct 2, the next iteration seems so much more powerful. The pricing is reasonable, both for individuals and businesses, thank you also for that.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by robador » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 10:10 AM UTC

Drupal.

I've been a Drupal developer for 15 years and started using it for it's low code abilities. In my opinion it still is an amazing low code platform which is extremely versatile. If you really need to customize, it's all there under the hood to hook into, override and extend.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by brunovcosta » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 11:55 AM UTC

Abstra, YC S21 (https://abstra.app) is great for frontends!

It allows you to easily integrate with any backend and have a smoother learning curve. Also it is easily extensible by code, so you will never be stuck in feature limitations

Full disclosure: I’m the founder ;D

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by jinen83 » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 1:57 PM UTC

NoCode platforms can be further divided into sub category of tools. Depending on your need you got to look at using one or multiple tools.

1) BPM tools: build workflows & business processes. Tools like Appian, Pega, kissflow, etc

2) Form builders: jotform, typeform, etc

3) automation: Zapier, integromat, etc

4) Frontend builder - Consumer apps -> bubble, adalo, etc - Internal apps -> Retool, DronaHQ, Appsmith

5) App builder - Build core business apps (including backend, microservices , etc) - Outsystems, Mendix

6) Field force apps -> prontoforms, fulcrum, etc

7) Extension builder -> extension.dev

8) Test automation -> reflect.run

Disclaimer: I am part of DronaHQ.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by tmcneal » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

jinen83 wrote: post #44

NoCode platforms can be further divided into sub category of tools. Depending on your need you got to look at using one or multiple tools. 1) BPM tools: build workflows & business processes. Tools like Appian, Pega, kissflow, etc 2) Form builders: jotform, typeform, etc 3) automation: Zapier, integromat, etc 4) Frontend builder - Consumer apps -> bubble, adalo, etc - Internal apps -> Retool, DronaHQ, Appsmith 5) App…

Co-founder of Reflect here: Thanks for the mention!

I think a lot of people think of "no-code" tools as something exclusively for non-developers; things like Webflow and Bubble for creating apps. I don't think that's ever really been the case, Zapier being a great example of that, but there's been a lot more tools coming to market in the past couple years that actually work well as a way to replace tedious code-based workflows. i.e. Use Retool instead of building UIs for internal apps, use Reflect to build automated tests instead of Selenium, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by miki_tyler » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

Kit55, https://stack55.com is great - It is a low-code alternative to website generators that heavily rely on the command line, like Hugo, Jekyll, Gatsby, etc.

The app simply takes HTML files and assembles complete pages in your file system.

The app watches for changes in your project and will build your pages accordingly. The pages you write have now access to a templating system, basically Jinja2 so you can reference other HTML files from your pages (to include a common header, menus...), and you can use variables, macros, etc.

The app comes also with a small local webserver, so you can easily access your built pages. It also supports hot-reload, so when you make a change in a file, all pages that depend on it will be rebuilt and your browser will be refreshed.

Full disclosure: I’m the founder

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by akudha » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 6:17 PM UTC

I like appsmith for internal apps. Tried budibase and retool, but feel appsmith is better. They are also ridiculously responsive on discord - fixing bugs, giving advice etc.

Not affiliated with any of them.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by tyleo » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 7:22 PM UTC

In Rec Room you can build games, environments, and events using an in-game NoCode tool called circuits: https://recroom.com/

Disclaimer: I work on circuits.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by Avalaxy » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 7:26 PM UTC

All I hear around here is Mendix. Experiences with it seem to be quite good. I think it's more low-code than no-code as you can write custom things with Java.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Post by lysecret » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 7:29 PM UTC

jinen83 wrote: post #44

NoCode platforms can be further divided into sub category of tools. Depending on your need you got to look at using one or multiple tools. 1) BPM tools: build workflows & business processes. Tools like Appian, Pega, kissflow, etc 2) Form builders: jotform, typeform, etc 3) automation: Zapier, integromat, etc 4) Frontend builder - Consumer apps -> bubble, adalo, etc - Internal apps -> Retool, DronaHQ, Appsmith 5) App…

Love retool I used it daily :)