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Trying no-code tools as a designer
The future is bright
Lately, I’ve embarked on a no-code development journey. What started out as a desire to improve my offerings as a freelancer turned into a blossoming passion for no-code tools.
Even tech juggernauts are building their own version of no-code tech tools, Amazon is building Honeycode (still in beta), Apple recently launched a no-code AI platform called Trinity. These tools will empower people with non-technical backgrounds to create more than ever before.
No-code Websites
Like any self-righteous designer, I dabbled with Webflow and even created client sites in Webflow.
Webflow empowers web designers to build professional, responsive, and custom websites in a completely visual canvas with no code. Its key selling point is its high degree of customizability and design flair.
That said, there is still a learning curve to it (more on this later).
However, as a product designer, I wanted to create functional and live apps apart from pretty pixels. By a stroke of luck, a no-code/low-code tech agency reached out and took me on board as a freelancer. They specialize in Bubble.io development.
(I am not affiliated with Bubble or Webflow, FYI.)
My First No-code Web App
Can you create Fiverr without writing a line of code?
My first project (under NDA, sorry) was to create a marketplace similar to Fiverr. The key features include a marketplace, a chat function, project management, and multiple user roles.
By any means, this wasn’t a simple project. Hence, it made a good test case to understand the capabilities of no-code app tools like Bubble.io.
Learning Bubble taught me how to think like a system and how to create workflows and databases. Connecting the dots was definitely challenging.
