Using no-code tools to prototype faster in a startup? (e.g. Flutterflow)

Question

I&rsquo;m a software engineer who has not done much mobile dev, and Flutterflow (no-code tool for mobile dev) makes mobile app dev + deployment so easy: https://flutterflow.ioHowever, it costs quite a lot ($70/month), and I heard the Dart code it generates is not easily extendable.In the early stages of a startup, it&rsquo;s way more important to iterate quickly and not worry about scalability, so I&rsquo;m wondering if anyone has successfully used no-code tools and is willing to share experiences with them!

muzani · Accepted Answer

Flutterflow wasn't good enough for me. Bubble has a lot of nice features for prototyping, but the problem with all these low code stuff is you have to deal with the bugs in the program itself as well.If you know how to code, coding is fastest these days, especially with a framework. Code is shorthand for communicating with a machine, after all.

dumbdevengineer · Answer

We used no-code tools(Retool) to build our Admin interface to administrate our App, e.g manage users, products etc.
But for anything novel and complex no-code tools simply don't suffice, you can start with them for an MVP or example app but you'll very quickly have to move to coding it up fully custom(in my experience atleast).
When you go from no-code -> MVP you will likely have to throw away most of the no-code version and rebuild from scratch, so it is a question of how far can no-code get you and does it make sense for your use case?
So, it depends, what are you building?

harshalachavan7 · Answer

I have used Bubble in 2020 for merrative.com (which is now a revenue generating business). For today's distractions, I use Softr - it took me 30 mins to launch directory websites (tools.merrative.com) and a blog - founderleverage.com

nivertech · Answer

Are there any NoCode/LowCode tools/services for building a mobile app (iOS and/or Android) for existing GraphQL backends?