Bubble is web development framework and a visual programming tool. It enables non-technical people to build production-ready web and mobile apps without code.
@iwaffles Thanks!! So to your questions:
1) You own your app and it's data. You own the design, the workflows that defines your app in our system. You also own all your application's data, in other words the data uploaded by your users (or differently based on your own privacy policy). You can see our FAQ for more details but that's pretty much it bubble.is/faq
2) We have an enterprise version of our code that people can run on their own infrastructure. That's for users that have larger traffic and that want to keep control on their servers, but it's definitely possible.
Works perfectly with https://localizejs.com/ for internationalisation -- which means you can scale it beyond an MVP too! :)
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An app that's more about doing something technically than paying any attention to the user or use-cases. Is just very impractical, with all the real-world features difficult to impossible. Just look at data-upload: https://forum.bubble.is/t/best-w...
Pros:
It probably can be used successfully
Cons:
Everything is very difficult, with data upload impossible
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Emmanuel, I've been interested in Bubble for a while! What's the best way to get a sense of how Bubble works, more deeply than the 15 sec intro video?
@benjiwheeler I would say sign up? :) It's free, and the first lessons (click by click, not videos) are probably the best way to see how it works. Each of them takes about 10 minutes, and cover a lot of the logic.
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I saw this a while ago and wondered why the heck it's not on Product Hunt! Congrats guys. Very interested to see how this effects my own workflow, and the industry at large.
Hey guys, I've just been pushing around in the tutorials and love it! I have a project that i'd like to build in it and it will be epic for me. I know I can do it in Bubble - it's just how....
Do you think I can get some more assistance until I get up to speed?
It's a bit fiddly.... ;)
Hold on. I just seen your monthly plans.... it'll probably cost me the same amount to out source the coding for a basic web app [without having to do it myself] as your month 'custom' plan :(
I might have to keep looking or spend all my time learning to use Bubble. Harsh choice...
@cute_life We have a forum where users are pretty active, and some people are actually building apps for people.
Pricing-wise, I think we're still cheaper than an actual coder. We're a bit more expensive than if you host it yourself (we take our margin), but you don't need to hire someone to handle the server.
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@estraschnov@cute_life but the difference is after 6 months of building with bubble you don't end up with a codebase you can continue to build on. Your MVP cannot become the base code for a real product... right? Or have I misunderstood?
@davidlarpent@cute_life Well what you see in the editor is what describe the application and is 'code', for your real product. Our vision is that this is a real product that scales (as our current users do). Then, if something is missing, you can extend with plugins written in Javascript.
@estraschnov, this is seriously awesome! I love seeing tools that help not-so-tech-savvy folks build (beautiful) apps. I think this is a good fit between straight up coding (some people just don't like it) and the "LEGO-style" coding (gets really confusing for me when I tried). I have sent it to my girlfriend she will love this.
@amitsonawane The best way is to try it (and it's free) :), but it's quite powerful. And CRM is very much database management, which is what Bubble is built for.
A user cloned most of Twitter, one our bigger clients sells loans for solar panel, and the whole process for people to get approved, get their money, for installers to see the different projects, etc. is done through a web app built on Bubble (they don't have engineers).
There might some APIs or some other things that we need to add at some point, but 1) there are very often some workarounds 2) we do add features on requests. In fact, probably 30% of the features we have now have been added after explicit requests (sometimes sponsored).
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@estraschnov thanks :) yes, going through the lessons now.
As a non-technical founder, I can't tell you how much I love Bubble.
During the research phase of my startup I was getting quotes from developers that ranged from "how in the world is this so cheap... I don't trust it will be a solid project" to "I have to stop everything I love about this concept to hit a round of fundraising."
Then, after three months I stumbled on Bubble.
Four months later, I launched. FOUR MONTHS. That's it!
Bubble enabled me (and continues to!) to experiment, play, and make ideas come to life.
Thank you @estraschnov@jphaas1!
You're amazing!
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An app that's more about doing something technically than paying any attention to the user or use-cases. Is just very impractical, with all the real-world features difficult to impossible. Just look at data-upload: https://forum.bubble.is/t/best-w...
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