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Â鶹AV 3.0
After months of development, over 3,500 commits, a full documentation overhaul, and three new templates, Â鶹AV 3.0 is finally here. Why Â鶹AV 3.0? This release was inspired by a key insight: Â鶹AV engineers are most productive when configuring data and logic versus designing interfaces. With the 3.0 release, we aimed to create an exceptional data-first experience for building secure workflow applications. We’ve reimagined the process of setting up your data structures, configuring security, and effortlessly generating interfaces.
Jamie Birss, Joe Johnston
Nov 14, 2024
Day 5 - The Future
It’s the final day of our first launch week, and today, we’re going to look into the future of Â鶹AV. It’s been two years since we launched Â鶹AV 2.0. In that time, we’ve launched several game-changing features, including multi-player mode, global bindings, screen templates, and lots more. Now, with the 3.0 launch, we firmly believe our new data-first experience positions Â鶹AV as the best, and most secure platform for building workflow apps.
Michael Shanks, Joe Johnston
Nov 8, 2024
Day 4 - AI
Today, we’re excited to release several new AI features. These latest enhancements will enable you to power your workflows securely with AI. In total, we have four new AI features to demo: AI Configs Â鶹AV AI AI CRON generator AI Column AI Configs With AI Configs, you can connect your LLM to Â鶹AV. Once connected, you can use your LLM to power multiple AI workflows within Â鶹AV and the apps you build.
Martin McKeaveney, Joe Johnston
Nov 7, 2024
Day 3 - Automation branching
Welcome to day three of the Â鶹AV 3.0 Launch Week! Over the past few days, we announced a brand new data experience and Visual RBAC . Today, we’re thrilled to introduce new functionality that will improve everyone’s experience building automations. Automation Branches We’ve introduced Branching to Â鶹AV automations. Use the Branch icon to add a new sub-flow beneath any existing automation trigger or action. We can create as many parallel branches as we like - or even branches within branches.
Dean Hannigan, Ronan McQuillan, Joe Johnston
Nov 6, 2024
Day 2 - Visual RBAC
Welcome back to day 2 of the Â鶹AV 3.0 launch week. Yesterday, we covered the brand-new data experience in Â鶹AV, and today, we’re continuing the excitement with a new and improved RBAC (role-based access control) experience. Managing user permissions is one of the most important aspects of building secure applications. Ensuring that users have the right level of access is crucial for protecting sensitive data and maintaining the integrity of your app.
Andrew Kingston, Jamie Birss
Nov 5, 2024
Day 1 - Introducing our new data-first experience
Welcome to day one of the Â鶹AV 3.0 launch week! Over the next few days, we’ll be diving into a variety of exciting new developments, each designed to enhance the way you build and manage your apps. Each day, we’ll explore a different theme, offering insights and guidance to help you get the most out of Â鶹AV 3.0. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves! We’re kicking off the week by diving into the new data experience in Â鶹AV.
Michael Drury, Jamie Birss
Nov 4, 2024
Beginners Guide to Web Application Development (2025)
It was the year 2010, I had an idea for a web application which would allow my family and I to share images, organise shopping, populate a shared calendar, and store bills. My family was terribly disorganised. We needed this! This idea was going to make me 💰💰💰. There was a small complication with my vision - I didn’t know how to build a web application. But thankfully, I could build a static site with HTML and CSS so it couldn’t be that hard, right?
Joe Johnston
Nov 1, 2024
Build a Free SQL GUI in 5 Steps
SQL is a powerful query language that’s used to unlock valuable insights stored in databases. No matter how large our database is or what we’re using it for, we need a streamlined, accessible way to interact with our data. But we also need to do this in a controlled, secure manner. That’s where an effective SQL GUI comes in. A GUI - graphical user interface - is an application that allows us to interact visually with our data, rather than relying solely on written commands.
Ronan McQuillan
Oct 31, 2024