📅 Date

25/01/2022

💡🚀 Idea to MVP launch

45 hours

🛠️ Tools

Bildr

🩳 Summary

NoCodersFlow is my first project with Bildr, a no-code web app builder. This meant it took a lot longer than expected. I initially expected it to take 3 days, but in the end, I build it over 10 days or so, as I got stuck on Bildr bugs (they had a few) and how to use Bildr for my use case. Also, I should admit with this project I added features to my MVP that I could easily have launched without such as liking and bookmarking, both requiring some logic.

⚡Problem

As a No-Coder StackOverflow isn’t an option to post a problem and instead you have to rely on the specific platforms forums like Bubble’s, Adalo’s etc. There is no good independent community platform that you can use.

✅ Solution

My solution to this is to create a Stackoverflow type application purely focusing on the No-Code community.

👨🏼‍🎨 Design

I’m a big fan of Figma but for this project, I skipped the step. Instead, I sketched on paper the UI/UX and feature set for my MVP after checking out StackOverflow, no-code forums and Medium (bigger inspiration).

🖼️ Why I chose Bildr

If you go to Twitter and check out #NoCode all you hear about is Bubble 😀. It’s definitely the giant in the industry and community and a great option!. I tried Bubble back in the days when I worked for a venture builder and personally didn’t fit me. I think this is because I learned HTML, CSS and Javascript and Bubble’s way of adding elements to a page is so different. Last year December, I was searching for a web application builder that I would like. I like no-code tools like Webflow, but it’s not meant for building web applications. I had already heard about Bildr and done some research on it and as I was trying it out, I realized this is exactly what I needed. It follows HTML and CSS principles, the team is very hands-on with the support and you can add any Javascript library and write your own functions!

🪣 Backend

As mentioned I decided to use Bildr for the frontend but in the end, I also decided to use their backend. I generally prefer an independent backend like Firestore or Xano as it gives me more flexibility and control but building with Bildr’s backend becomes so much faster and more flexible so I decided on this one.

🧑🏻‍💻 Development

To start out with I create a simple list of tasks I need to do for the MVP launch, it really shouldn’t be too long or too complex as it’s after all an MVP! As you can see I was planning for the MVP additional features like search and community, but it was simply pointless so early on to have search as there was nothing to search for 😀