Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually

Re:Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually by plahteenlahti on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:49PM (#29629291)

Looks great! Reminds me very much of AppGyver, which is a tool I've been using in few client projects. It uses react native under the hood, allowing for example creating logic using either the node-based logic builder or plain JavaScript. Interested to hear where do you see your advantage over AppGyver and similar tools?

One pain point of mine in visual app builders is the not being able to search the "code", for example when I've built a logic for fetching and mutating data in one view and now need to change it but can't remember where it is. Have you come across this problem and have you already solved it/have a plan for solving it?

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Re:Launch HN: FlutterFlow (YC W21) – Build Apps Visually by abelsm on Monday December 20, 2021 @03:09PM (#29629608)

Re: AppGyver, one big difference is the ability to generate clean code that can be exported. And there's also Flutter, which we think is the framework that will finally make low-code app builders work.

Being able to easily search and find where your network requests, custom function calls, conditional variables, etc are used is definitely something that has come up. We've started making progress by adding visual elements that help you identify them. For instance, you can see what element on the widget tree has a query (or action) on it based on an icon + color. We plan on adding toggles for overlays of different views, along with the ability to see where an API call is used (from the API configuration page), or where a specific collection is read (from the Firestore configuration page). It's definitely solvable, and we'll keep talking to users and iterating till we get there :)

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