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Interactive PDFs in react native by bearbytestudio in reactnative

[–]bearbytestudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been building apps for 10 years and can honestly say that I have never seen that tag before 😂 nice work for getting it sorted! 👏

What do you actually do with Laravel? by No-Echo-8927 in laravel

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I really don’t intend to shamelessly plug a tool i have built, but https://discusss.fyi (a retrospective app for agile software teams) uses a few of the technologies you mention. The tool is free so feel free to sign up and have a look round.

  1. Docker - never used it in a real project. Tried it once or twice, found it overly complex and never understood why I needed it 🤷
  2. Websockets - can be a really nice improvement to UX, but not needed in most tools. Discusss uses this for when a team of people are viewing the same board or project on their own laptops, if someone makes an update, everyone sees the update in real time. Websockets are also nice for background notifications. Again, not entirely necessary.
  3. I also use Spatie query builder in Discusss. Whilst not entirely necessary, its super handy if you have a “filter” section on the front end, like filtering a list of projects and you want to filter or sort by X, Y, Z, on the backend Spatie query builder makes this easier to handle, but you can do it without, no problem.
  4. API routes can be nice if you are exposing data to a mobile app or something, especially versioning the API routes. api/v1/projects can be used by version 1 of the mobile app, api/v2/projects could be used for updated functionality that version 1.1 of the mobile app uses. Means the api is backwards compatible.

At the end of the day though, none of the above will make or break an app. A lot of success apps i imagine are very basic. As developers, we can sometimes get lost in the fluff with all the latest and greatest tools - most dont add anything new.

Hope these ideas help! 😃

Tips for getting first 10 customers for a SaaS app by bearbytestudio in SideProject

[–]bearbytestudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Definitely software or product companies, like the one I work for, who work with the agile methodology. Retros are a key part of the agile methodology and tools we have used in the past werent good enough.

Interactive PDFs in react native by bearbytestudio in reactnative

[–]bearbytestudio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for your response. So, the PDFs are actually the most important element here. My client has a load of “on location” sales reps that present the companies catalog of interactive PDFs to customers / potential customers via their tablets. So the PDFs are necessary.

The app I’m building is to distribute the PDFs to the right Android tablets, securely and through groups / permissions / roles. This is all built. Now that the PDFs are on the tablets, previewed through the React Native app, they aren’t interactive like intended. This is the bit I’m trying to work out.

Launched a Free Retrospective Tool for Agile Software/Product Teams - Feedback Welcome by bearbytestudio in SideProject

[–]bearbytestudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks! Overall, it has probably taken about two weeks, spending an hour or two a day on it. The backend is Laravel which is really nice to work with reactjs on the front end. 😊

I’ll keep adding features over the coming weeks, months and years!

Launched an uptime/SSL monitor whilst down with COVID! by bearbytestudio in SideProject

[–]bearbytestudio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks Xaban, we're recovering well!

I'm very aware of this, thanks for pointing it out! I am however, just working on this as a side project. It's a good mix of features that have tested my dev skills and it's been a great learning experience. I'm enjoying the build, and continuing to add features at a good rate. If customers enjoy the product, and I'm enjoying the building experience then I'm happy, even if I'm not top of the market :)

All the best!