Ask HN: Easiest way to build a CRUD app

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Supabase

How many people will use it and how will it be used? What is the app exactly going to do? Whe first thing that comes to mind I Notion, which is a true no-code alternative if you want to build internal CRUD apps. The next step would be to use a managed backend and a no-code frontend. For backend you can use services like Firebase [1], Nhost [2], or Supabase [3]. For frontend you can use something like Retool [4]. [1] https://firebase.com/ [2] https://nhost.io/ - Discloser: I'm the co-founder of Nhost [3] https://supabase.com/ [4] https://retool.com/.

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Retool

How many people will use it and how will it be used? What is the app exactly going to do? Whe first thing that comes to mind I Notion, which is a true no-code alternative if you want to build internal CRUD apps. The next step would be to use a managed backend and a no-code frontend. For backend you can use services like Firebase [1], Nhost [2], or Supabase [3]. For frontend you can use something like Retool [4]. [1] https://firebase.com/ [2] https://nhost.io/ - Discloser: I'm the co-founder of Nhost [3] https://supabase.com/ [4] https://retool.com/.

#No Code #Rapid Application Development #Productivity 89 social mentions

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Nhost

How many people will use it and how will it be used? What is the app exactly going to do? Whe first thing that comes to mind I Notion, which is a true no-code alternative if you want to build internal CRUD apps. The next step would be to use a managed backend and a no-code frontend. For backend you can use services like Firebase [1], Nhost [2], or Supabase [3]. For frontend you can use something like Retool [4]. [1] https://firebase.com/ [2] https://nhost.io/ - Discloser: I'm the co-founder of Nhost [3] https://supabase.com/ [4] https://retool.com/.

#Developer Tools #Backend As A Service #Realtime Backend / API 51 social mentions

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OhMyForm

If applicable, instead of a full-blown app, could try a self-hosted forms solution, like https://github.com/ohmyform/ohmyform.

#Surveys #Form Builder #Forms And Surveys 5 social mentions

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Laravel

A similar setup, for those more comfortable with PHP, would be Laravel [0] in conjunction with Livewire [1]. Laravel is basically the “Rails of PHP”, and has an absolutely incredible ecosystem to go with it. Livewire was directly inspired by Phoenix LiveView. I only just recently started using it in my own projects, but it’s invaluable. Backend has always been my speciality, but now I can make real-time UIs just like the cool JS kids can too :) [0] https://laravel.com/.

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #PHP Framework 195 social mentions

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Bubble.io

Bubble seems like the closest thing: https://bubble.io/.

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#Application Builder #Mobile App Dev Platform #Mobile App Builder 4 social mentions

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Vaadin Framework

I'll probably be a minority here, but I'd say: java + Vaadin [1] + raw jdbc (no ORM nonsense). On Vaadin site, you can use starter [2] to create an app template. There is no need to write javascript; most Vaadin code looks like good old desktop programming. [1] https://vaadin.com/ [2] https://start.vaadin.com/app/.

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 33 social mentions

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API Platform

Here it is: https://api-platform.com/ This is a framework built on top of Symfony and it provides you with full blown Hydra API simply by adding annotations on it. It enables you to make simple crud in like 15 minutes, but as it's built on top of Symfony it can also be used for really complex projects.

#Web Frameworks #Python Web Framework #Developer Tools 37 social mentions

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API Bakery

#Backend Development #REST API #SaaS 24 social mentions

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Hasura

Not sure if this qualifies but hasura[1] sounds like it would work well. It’s not REST and you could consider it to be a dependency but you wouldn’t have to write any code and you could deploy it using a docker container. [1] https://hasura.io/.

#GraphQL #Realtime Backend / API #API Tools 117 social mentions

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Strapi

Depends on what you're aiming for. For an API that will not be very flexible, its https://strapi.io/ may be good. https://feathersjs.com/ is good if you're looking for something flexible. If you are looking for more flexibility, you should write from scratch.

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 310 social mentions

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FeathersJS

Depends on what you're aiming for. For an API that will not be very flexible, its https://strapi.io/ may be good. https://feathersjs.com/ is good if you're looking for something flexible. If you are looking for more flexibility, you should write from scratch.

#Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework #MVC Framework 38 social mentions

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Nodewood

I specifically wrote a starter kit/framework to solve this problem -- at least for me, and hopefully for others: https://nodewood.com/ Since you'll be running JavaScript in the browser, it also uses Node.js for the backend. This allows you to use the same code for validation, business logic, etc, and it specifically has multiple patterns to encourage this. It's all one bundle that you run locally (or on one machine in production, or two if you want to split out the DB, which I'd recommend). By default, it uses Docker to run locally, but I've included instructions to run it on bare-metal, if you choose. For subscriptions, I use Stripe, but I mean you gotta use _someone_ for that, and I found their API to be easiest to work with, and thus modify. I specifically built it so that I wouldn't have to keep re-creating the wheel when I wanted to try out a new SaaS idea as just one person, so it should work just fine for someone who doesn't want to require a team, but it should also work well for people who do want to scale to teams: one of the core components is that you break up work into "features" which are directories that repeat the common subdirectories (api, lib, ui) and make it easy to keep commonly-used code together. Full docs are available publicly on the site, and if you have any questions, I'm more than happy to answer!

#SaaS #JavaScript Framework #SaaS Website Builder 16 social mentions

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Adonis JS

Have you heard of AdonisJS[1]? A couple of years ago we had JS as a hard requirement for a new project, and coming from a Rails background, Adoins was really good. 1: https://adonisjs.com/.

#Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework #Javascript Web Framework 70 social mentions

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Active Admin

I second Rails. It's incredibly polished and has really good gems to speed up dev. ActiveAdmin is a great gem if you need to quickly make an admin dashboard. It was useful when I had a small consultancy. https://activeadmin.info/.

#No Code #Productivity #Data Dashboard 11 social mentions

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Remake

2. The framework saves this JSON blob to the user's account who's currently editing the page Pretty simple, right? I've spent years improving the syntax and making it easier to use. I'd love for you to try it out. I even made a client-side-only version, so you can try it without installing anything [2] [0] https://remaketheweb.com/.

#User Experience #Mobile App Dev Platform #Realtime Backend / API 6 social mentions

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Mavo

The concept looks very similar to the idea behind Mavo[1] and I think is great. Mavo is probably is too dumbed down for the HN crowd, but for simpler requirements I don't see how I personally could get a CRUD app running any quicker. A big part of this is being able to make the back end someone else's problem without fuss (local storage, GitHub, Dropbox, Firebase, Google Sheets, etc), but there are other options too. It looks like Remake (when run self-hosted) gives a bit more depth, control and ownership, but also the responsibility and complexity that comes with it. I'll have to check it out. [1] https://mavo.io.

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NocoDB

If you're not planning to code and prefer to instead use a no-code platform, may I suggest, nocodb[0]. It's really the best no-code app out there. [0]: https://nocodb.com.

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