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Ask HN: Easiest low-code way to convert spreadsheet to app?

For a client of mine I'm looking for a low code way to convert a complicated mortgage calculation spreadsheet (20 tabs/1000's rows) to an app so that the calculation happens in the excel but the output happens on a site/app frontend. The spreadsheet is Microsoft xls. Ideally we can drag drop different components and make calculation/dashboards out of it having the excel as an engine on the backend. Thank you!

hhthrowaway1230 4y ago
Here's some stuff from my research for anyone that needs something similar in the future. Excel to ap - http://molnify.com http://molnify.com - http://glideapps.com http://glideapps.com - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-power-fx-the-low-code-programming-language-for-everyone/ https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-micro... - https://about.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app/ https://about.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app/ - https://www.openasapp.com https://www.openasapp.com - https://www.airrange.io/howto/calculation-app-excel https://www.airrange.io/howto/calculation-app-excel - https://go.caspio.com/turn-spreadsheets-into-web-applications-081820 https://go.caspio.com/turn-spreadsheets-into-web-application... - https://retool.com/use-case/google-sheets-database https://retool.com/use-case/google-sheets-database Online API from vendors ms api - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel?view=graph-rest-1.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel?v... google api - https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/js https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/js integration example - https://itnext.io/integrate-excel-into-your-react-application-with-microsoft-graph-94e02f71d847 https://itnext.io/integrate-excel-into-your-react-applicatio... - https://www.spreadsheetweb.com/ https://www.spreadsheetweb.com/ - http://calcfusion.com http://calcfusion.com Libraries that can read and calculate excel - https://formulajs.info https://formulajs.info - https://products.aspose.com/cells/net/ https://products.aspose.com/cells/net/ - https://github.com/fabiooshiro/xlsx-calc https://github.com/fabiooshiro/xlsx-calc - https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs
scottydelta 4y ago
https://www.glideapps.com/ https://www.glideapps.com/ It's backed by Ycombinator. This is a commonly used app to convert spreadsheets into app. It is suggested by many startup enthusiasts as a no-code tool to make quick app prototypes[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBO3_llLss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBO3_llLss
PaulHoule 4y ago
There is a scripting interface for office that is pretty easy to use: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/troubleshoot/office-developer/automate-excel-from-client-side-vbscript https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/tr... You can do it with other web servers but it is dead easy to do with Microsoft's IIS and ASP.NET. I've written applications that have scripted Word from within a web server.
daltont 4y ago
I have an interest in converting a set of interdependent Google Sheets that do lookups on each other into a deployable application where myself and not Google owns the data.
- scottydelta 4y ago
  read my comment to do this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32331277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32331277
user7878 4y ago
https://beta.sparklite.io/ https://beta.sparklite.io/ Currently in bet

hhthrowaway1230 4y ago

Here's some stuff from my research for anyone that needs something similar in the future. Excel to ap - http://molnify.com http://molnify.com - http://glideapps.com http://glideapps.com - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-power-fx-the-low-code-programming-language-for-everyone/ https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-micro... - https://about.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app/ https://about.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app/ - https://www.openasapp.com https://www.openasapp.com - https://www.airrange.io/howto/calculation-app-excel https://www.airrange.io/howto/calculation-app-excel - https://go.caspio.com/turn-spreadsheets-into-web-applications-081820 https://go.caspio.com/turn-spreadsheets-into-web-application... - https://retool.com/use-case/google-sheets-database https://retool.com/use-case/google-sheets-database Online API from vendors ms api - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel?view=graph-rest-1.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel?v... google api - https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/js https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/js integration example - https://itnext.io/integrate-excel-into-your-react-application-with-microsoft-graph-94e02f71d847 https://itnext.io/integrate-excel-into-your-react-applicatio... - https://www.spreadsheetweb.com/ https://www.spreadsheetweb.com/ - http://calcfusion.com http://calcfusion.com Libraries that can read and calculate excel - https://formulajs.info https://formulajs.info - https://products.aspose.com/cells/net/ https://products.aspose.com/cells/net/ - https://github.com/fabiooshiro/xlsx-calc https://github.com/fabiooshiro/xlsx-calc - https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs

scottydelta 4y ago

https://www.glideapps.com/ https://www.glideapps.com/ It's backed by Ycombinator. This is a commonly used app to convert spreadsheets into app. It is suggested by many startup enthusiasts as a no-code tool to make quick app prototypes[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBO3_llLss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBO3_llLss

PaulHoule 4y ago

There is a scripting interface for office that is pretty easy to use: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/troubleshoot/office-developer/automate-excel-from-client-side-vbscript https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/tr... You can do it with other web servers but it is dead easy to do with Microsoft's IIS and ASP.NET. I've written applications that have scripted Word from within a web server.

daltont 4y ago

I have an interest in converting a set of interdependent Google Sheets that do lookups on each other into a deployable application where myself and not Google owns the data.

scottydelta 4y ago
read my comment to do this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32331277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32331277

user7878 4y ago

https://beta.sparklite.io/ https://beta.sparklite.io/ Currently in bet