Getting to know Honeycode templates

Honeycode is Amazon's offering in the space of low-code/no-code platforms. But, as we browsed through the last three chapters trying to build our To-Do app, you must have realized that it is not a no-code platform in the literal sense and does require some understanding of data modeling (databases), as well as the occasional need for Boolean logic and formulas. And therefore, to simplify the platform for citizen developers, Honeycode provides a decent set of templates, covering a variety of everyday use cases, allowing for easier adoption. These templates also serve as samples for learning various constructs and features of the product.

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As of November 2021, Honeycode is available with 19 templates, as shown in Figure 6.1:

Figure 6.1 – The templates available in Honeycode

In the following subsections, we will take a brief look at each of these, and in the next set of chapters, we will also do a deep...