Show HN: Appcubator - Easy way to Prototype Web Apps

This is a really, really, really great idea that I&#x27;ve been thinking should be practical for a couple of months now. I wish these guys the best of luck. I even started work on a (not yet even vaguely functional) prototype of an open-source version of pretty much the same idea ( <a href="https://github.com/seldo/makomi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;seldo&#x2F;makomi</a> )

I think my chief interest in these kinds of ideas is in enabling designers&#x2F;et cetera to flesh out their ideas for certain interfaces&#x2F;functionality&#x2F;tools. It&#x27;s much easier to express why an idea is cool and worth pursuing (esp. when getting others to come on board and build with you) when you have a prototype that can implement parts of your vision.<p>There&#x27;s definite value in giving designers agency in expressing ideas interactively and aesthetically. So I&#x27;m really curious if this tool will be used like that. I&#x27;m definitely more a designer than a developer, so I think this would make it easier to being implementing an idea without getting frustrated with trying to DIY my own backend.

So, a place for non technical people to make websites and call themselves as co-founders?

Looks really interesting.<p>Just a quick note: You should really turn off the django DEBUG flag... <a href="http://ilter-ourbnb.appcubator.com/Listings_Page/?query=&amp;field_json=[%22description%22%2C+%22city%22%2C+%22price%22%2C+%22photo%22]" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ilter-ourbnb.appcubator.com&#x2F;Listings_Page&#x2F;?query=&amp;fie...</a>

I know these guys and I&#x27;m continually impressed with the quality of the work they put out. Good work!

This is an excellent idea. I remember seeing a similar attempt years ago from the guys at IBM - although it was a PHP app.<p>The guys could drag a data source on to a widget and automatically configure it. It was amazing.<p>Your site is a work in progress but so far so good! :)

Very very interesting stuff. Looking forward to where you guys go with this. If implemented well, this COULD be the new geocities WITH backend. Loving it

&quot;Fill in with Facebook&quot;<p>Good idea...

I really like how I can just drag the social login buttons, and it just works! I would definitely use this in the future because I don&#x27;t have to worry about the individual social login API&#x27;s anymore. Best of luck guys!

What on boarding service did you use? Fantastic Job!

I feel like this could end up being a pretty good educational tool to get people&#x2F;students&#x2F;whoever interested in developing web applications as well.

FYI...Your FB Auth is in Sandbox mode.

looks like a pretty awesome tool, making web dev possible for anyone. excited to see where this goes!

Great idea. Now going to test it.

Looks nice. Building web apps doesn&#x27;t have to be hard and these guys prove it.

I&#x27;m pretty blown away at how easy the build-a-twitter demo was. Awesome work!

Nice, def going to use this.