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Re:Ask HN: Why Isn't the Construction of CRUD Web UIs 90% Au... by paskster on Sunday October 08, 2017 @06:31PM (#15430381)
It seems that folks at HN look down on so called "CRUD" apps. But the truth for most CRUD apps is, that a lot of thought went into building these apps and they have a lot of important parts, whose construction cannot easily be automized. Good examples are:

- Certain inputs might trigger other actions (integrity checks, sending an email, notifying another users, etc.)

- The UI / UX needs to be optimized for the specific Usecase of the app

- There are unlimited options for filtering or ordering items, and the choice of options depends on the specific Usecase

- A lot of apps need Cronjobs in the background to support certain workflows (notifying a user if a certain input has not been done in a certain time)

- There can be rather complex rules on who is allowed to create, update, delete or view certain items

- AB tests and Analytics need to be supported for a lot of Tasks / Views

- etc...

I cannot imagine a "CRUD" framework, that supports all of these issues. It would basically just be another programming language ;)

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