You're reading from Democratizing No-Code Application Development with Bubble A beginner's guide to rapidly building applications with powerful features of Bubble without code

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804610947

Length 320 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Bubble

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Caio Calderari

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Bubble.io – Exploring Bubble’s Features FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 2: Navigating the UI Builder Components Tab

3. Chapter 3: Building Blocks – Exploring Bubble’s UI Components

4. Chapter 4: Building Your First Bubble App – The Planning Phase

5. Chapter 5: Layouts and Styles

6. Chapter 6: Building User Interfaces with Bubble

7. Chapter 7: Workflow Automation and Logic

8. Chapter 8: Database Structuring, Relationships, and Security

9. Chapter 9: Extending Functionality with Plugins and APIs

10. Chapter 10: Testing and Debugging Strategies

11. Chapter 11: Deploying and Launching Your App (Publishing)

12. Chapter 12: Monitoring, Maintenance, and Updates (Apps Governance)

13. Chapter 13: Optimizing Performance and Scalability

14. Index

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The API Connector plugin is shown here:

Figure 9.13: The API Connector plugin

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