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> No-code seems to reject a lot of those learnings, for better or worse. I haven’t seen any no-code company or product that allows source control Bubble.io off
by santa_boy 6y ago
> No-code seems to reject a lot of those learnings, for better or worse. I haven’t seen any no-code company or product that allows source control
Bubble.io offers source control in a somewhat limited sense. Although the utility is quite limited. You can create save-points and revert to them as required.
You can also export versions to json and commit them to a git repo. I do this for fun and some code hacking. It isn't as useful as traditional code maintenance but can come in handy.
Coming to where nocode is useful? Few points based on my experience:
a) We had to create a prototype with a single member techno-business team (me) and few business guys on a very undefined problem. I managed to get it done with Bubble. In fact our business guys tinkered with the layout and design while I was asleep (I gave them not to mess anything up from a functionality though :-))... for e.g. I could spend days/weeks discussing colors, fonts, layouts etc or they could just do it themselves to their visual satisfaction
b) Limited use-cases. I am working on a side project for freelance recruiters. Goal is to help them launch their own indie-business. I can quickly put the system together with visual feedback and perhaps finish it in less than a week during my side-project hours. I think it would take me week to do it the first time. Perhaps 2 days for similar apps from then on.
I plan to supplement it with more involved sophisticated data mining hacks from the backend. Works neatly!
In essence, many businesses are not technologically sophisticated (in the coder sense) and need not be. They need to deliver value in utility, organization, reduced friction, etc.
no-code can shine in these areas. Coders can hack on top of it to try to reduce the gaps.