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

3 pointsby hhthrowaway1230almost 3 years ago
For a client of mine I&#x27;m looking for a low code way to convert a complicated mortgage calculation spreadsheet (20 tabs&#x2F;1000&#x27;s rows) to an app so that the calculation happens in the excel but the output happens on a site&#x2F;app frontend.<p>The spreadsheet is Microsoft xls. Ideally we can drag drop different components and make calculation&#x2F;dashboards out of it having the excel as an engine on the backend.<p>Thank you!

5 comments

PaulHoulealmost 3 years ago
There is a scripting interface for office that is pretty easy to use:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;previous-versions&#x2F;office&#x2F;troubleshoot&#x2F;office-developer&#x2F;automate-excel-from-client-side-vbscript" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;previous-versions&#x2F;office&#x2F;tr...</a><p>You can do it with other web servers but it is dead easy to do with Microsoft&#x27;s IIS and ASP.NET. I&#x27;ve written applications that have scripted Word from within a web server.
scottydeltaalmost 3 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.glideapps.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.glideapps.com&#x2F;</a> It&#x27;s backed by Ycombinator. This is a commonly used app to convert spreadsheets into app.<p>It is suggested by many startup enthusiasts as a no-code tool to make quick app prototypes[1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7BBO3_llLss" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7BBO3_llLss</a>
daltontalmost 3 years 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.
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user7878almost 3 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;beta.sparklite.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;beta.sparklite.io&#x2F;</a> Currently in bet
hhthrowaway1230almost 3 years ago
Here&#x27;s some stuff from my research for anyone that needs something similar in the future.<p>Excel to ap<p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;molnify.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;molnify.com</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;glideapps.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;glideapps.com</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;powerapps.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;blog&#x2F;introducing-microsoft-power-fx-the-low-code-programming-language-for-everyone&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;powerapps.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;blog&#x2F;introducing-micro...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.appsheet.com&#x2F;how-to-create-an-app&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.appsheet.com&#x2F;how-to-create-an-app&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openasapp.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openasapp.com</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airrange.io&#x2F;howto&#x2F;calculation-app-excel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airrange.io&#x2F;howto&#x2F;calculation-app-excel</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;go.caspio.com&#x2F;turn-spreadsheets-into-web-applications-081820" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;go.caspio.com&#x2F;turn-spreadsheets-into-web-application...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;retool.com&#x2F;use-case&#x2F;google-sheets-database" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;retool.com&#x2F;use-case&#x2F;google-sheets-database</a><p>Online API from vendors<p>ms api<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;graph&#x2F;api&#x2F;resources&#x2F;excel?view=graph-rest-1.0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;graph&#x2F;api&#x2F;resources&#x2F;excel?v...</a><p>google api<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;sheets&#x2F;api&#x2F;quickstart&#x2F;js" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;sheets&#x2F;api&#x2F;quickstart&#x2F;js</a><p>integration example<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;itnext.io&#x2F;integrate-excel-into-your-react-application-with-microsoft-graph-94e02f71d847" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;itnext.io&#x2F;integrate-excel-into-your-react-applicatio...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.spreadsheetweb.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.spreadsheetweb.com&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;calcfusion.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;calcfusion.com</a><p>Libraries that can read and calculate excel<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;formulajs.info" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;formulajs.info</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;products.aspose.com&#x2F;cells&#x2F;net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;products.aspose.com&#x2F;cells&#x2F;net&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;fabiooshiro&#x2F;xlsx-calc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;fabiooshiro&#x2F;xlsx-calc</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;exceljs&#x2F;exceljs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;exceljs&#x2F;exceljs</a>