Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends

Re:Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based d... by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:55AM (#26660548)

Is Retool usable enough for non-technical people? "It's easy, just wire it up to your REST service" may be scary for non-technical people. Maybe the persona isn't well-defined enough. They're somewhat technical, but don't code.

Spending over a decade programming makes it extremely difficult to reason about the the precise level of "okay, I can do this" from a semi-technical perspective.

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Re:Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based d... by peytoncasper on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:15AM (#26660755)

I think that is a fair concern. I would say that it does take some learning/training. If you're going to hook it up to a SQL DB or a REST interface then you have to know what a GET request is or the connection credentials.

However, once the data is wired up, getting it wired to the various components was pretty straight forward.

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