Exactly what it sounds like:
● Create multi-page apps with custom data schemas and scripts
● Easily link forms to data models and server requests
● Pre-fab UI elements using Google’s material design standards
● Easily integrate Google user accounts
Exactly what it sounds like:
● Create multi-page apps with custom data schemas and scripts
● Easily link forms to data models and server requests
● Pre-fab UI elements using Google’s material design standards
● Easily integrate Google user accounts
● The database uses the same underlying technology as Google Drive
● Can easily set data type, validations, etc.
● Each table can have a number of “data sources” which are can be linked to from the views
● “Computed tables” allow a sort of the virtual data table, aggregating and processing from other data tables and external APIs
● Each template and each component can either have its own data source or inherit its parent’s data source
● Certain CSS attributes can be easily entered and previewed
● Events on each template can trigger any number of custom client-side scripts
● Either client- or server-side, these allow for a higher degree of customization
● A number of pre-written scripts exist for things like data loading and navigation
● Since this is all edited through the browser, the AppMaker interface acts as an IDE, providing autocomplete functionality
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