Dec 12: Build apps & websites in hours. Without writing any code 👾. It's time to act on your side project!
Dec 12: Build apps & websites in hours. Without writing any code 👾. It's time to act on your side project!
Softr is the easiest and fastest way to build powerful web apps and portals from Airtable, in minutes. No code required.
Dec 12: Build apps & websites in hours. Without writing any code 👾. It's time to act on your side project!
A. The Problem and The Pitch
Building web pages and apps from scratch can leave you limited by templates, expertise, & time to get it right. Whether you need to build an internal tool, resource directory, or online community - there is no easy way to do this without an engineer. 🤷
What if you had a way to build apps and websites that...
would otherwise take days to build 📅
and could only be built by engineers 😎
...in a few hours by yourself?
That's no code.
It democratizes the creation of software.
Just what phone cameras 📸 did for video creation.
And, Softr is one of the best no-code apps out there.
Softr is the easiest and fastest way to build powerful web apps and portals from Airtable, in minutes (Airtable is Excel/Sheets on steroids). No code required.
It is super simple - your data sits in Airtable. And Softr allows you to create an effortlessly flexible (but template-driven) user experience for it.
With Softr, you can build:
🤝 Client & employee portals
⚙️ Internal tools
🛒 Marketplaces
💜 Online communities
📒 Resource Directories
💻 Websites & landing pages
Here are a few apps and websites built with Softr:
💯 100 days of no-code: An online community for no-code
🧰 Tool me up: Find your next startup tools in 3 clicks
🗃️ Adsets: Discover the best performing ads in your industry
🌟 PunkHunt: Discover next-gen NFT punks (A project I built in 2.5 hours)
Softr is especially useful for side-projects that involve a list/collection.
B. What's special?
No-code's never gonna match an actual programmer. But Softr makes the process of building an initial website/app 10x faster and simpler. It lowers the barrier to entry. It's the modern way to build v 1.0 for the web 🌐
And it's picking up fast. Softr is now used by more than 15,000 companies and creators around the world! 🚀
🧩 Simple & easy to use: It’s like building a lego. Anyone without technical or design skills can use Softr and create a beautiful web app using 70+ building blocks.
🚀 Powerful: Build a professional and robust web app with out-of-the-box memberships, payments, search, filtering, roles & permissions, using Airtable as your data source. No need to stitch five different tools together to create a fully functional application.
📱Responsive by default: Every page built with Softr will look great on tablet and mobile too.
💜 Your domain on the free plan: Only on Softr you can launch your app on any domain without paying! Validate your idea first, then keep iterating with ease. (Almost no one else does this for free 🥳)
🌄 Interactive lists: List, Card, Grid, Table view pre-built layouts to display data. Real-time search, dynamic filtering, and sorting all out-of-the-box.
📝 Custom form builder: Create custom forms with a wide range of field types like email, files, etc. Collect responses in Airtable or any other service using Zapier/Integromat.
C. What's more?
🏃♂️ What's the best way to get started with no code? Connect with a few others exploring no-code tools, start learning with a goal in mind, and make a tiny start. Here’s a short starter video.
📚 Want a more comprehensive guide to getting started with no-code? Head over to Zero to MVP to get 21 chapters on building apps without writing code.
🗃️ Here's a collection of over 200+ projects featured across no-code, automation, and low-code made with a variety of no-code tools.
🖼️ Here's a no-code tool to generate an NFT collection (your own CryptoPunk-like characters): Nifty Generator
🗒️ There are a wide variety of no-code tools out there.
Source: UX Collective
D. What’s next in the 🗓️ App Advent Calendar?
🗓️ Dec 13: The world’s fastest, most thoughtful calendar (I’m sure you’ll love how well it is designed)
👋 Dec 14: Nurture professional relationships. Be intentional. Be thoughtful.
🔖 Dec 15: Search bookmarks like you think (If you liked Raindrop.io on Dec 4, you’ll love this one!)