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Ask HN: I need a low-code back end for my app. What should I use?

15 pointsby mybestaccountalmost 5 years ago
Needs:<p>The app is for a real estate company. They have a list of 100-200 homes for sale. I need a low-code solution that provides a user dashboard + api. The user dashboard is for the agent to go in and add quickly add listing + images. The api is for the mobile app to fetch the listings.<p>I&#x27;ve been looking at cms solutions like contentful.com but they seem geared towards blog publishing. The API is complex and cumbersome to use too.

14 comments

etewiahalmost 5 years ago
Did you find a solution.<p>I created this open source project that could be useful for what you&#x27;re trying to do:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;etewiah&#x2F;property_web_builder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;etewiah&#x2F;property_web_builder</a>
andrefuchsalmost 5 years ago
You could easily use a Google Sheet for that. They provide an API and feed, embed options, and there are services like sheet2site.com (never used, not affiliated)
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AlchemistCampalmost 5 years ago
Rails or Laravel. There&#x27;s a massive ecosystem of libraries and the frameworks are designed to reduce the amount of code needed.
aosaighalmost 5 years ago
You could try Craft CMS. It has a UI layer for configuring your content and is much more flexible then the likes of Wordpress.<p>It’s got a nice publishing experience which makes it easy for clients and it has a GraphQL API built in so that you can send content to a mobile app. It’s not free but it’s a great CMS that isn’t focused solely on blog publishing.
aciswhatalmost 5 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sanity.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sanity.io&#x2F;</a> is another good CMS
sbuccinialmost 5 years ago
I&#x27;d recommend checking out Firebase. The Firebase console might give you everything you need, or you could just build a really thin dashboard yourself on top of Firebase auth.
tucazalmost 5 years ago
If you like the idea behind contenful I’d encourage you to take a look at prismic.io as well. I found it much easier than contentful.
lunatunaalmost 5 years ago
We’ve been using Outsystms with a lot of positive feedback from devs and users. Not sure how the licensing model would work in your situation.
atsushinalmost 5 years ago
I&#x27;d give Airtable a try!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;airtable.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;airtable.com&#x2F;</a>
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g00malmost 5 years ago
WordPress has an API and dashboard.
giantg2almost 5 years ago
So they aren&#x27;t using the MLS?
mrsareenalmost 5 years ago
try strapi.io
tumidpandoraalmost 5 years ago
Django all the way
armonraphielalmost 5 years ago
Another vouch for Sanity here.