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I want to build a digital planner with Toddle and buildship.

  • nathy1234.-1185111924141199471

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    Hope you are having a good day. ChatGPT suggests this framework. Which part do i have to build in Toddle and which one in Buildship, I'm completely lost as i'm a total beginner. Can you help me with your guidance? Thank you
    Have a nice day
    Nathalie
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  • tomthebigtree-1185117451793465384

    Tom Ireland

    2 years ago

    Welcome to the community, @ 🙂 Nice how ChatGPT lays out the structure for you. Very cool.

    So, all of the front end design e.g. header, logo, nav, dashboard, etc., would all be built in toddle. Basically, anything visual you want to see is your front end.

    Your data is going to come from your database, which I assume BuildShip have built in (not used it personally myself) and you'd use APIs to request and post data back-and-forth between the front end (toddle) and the database (BuildShip).

    Whilst you are building, you can add static data initially. This is a good way to test the look and feel before hooking stuff up and also means you're not overwhelming yourself with learning too many things at once.

    I'd also recommend breaking your app into smaller parts and think in terms of components. For example, your site header would be a component, your nav menu a component, etc. This allows you to modify things at a granular level and reduce the amount of stuff you have on a page.

    I'll see if I can share an example with you from my own app that might help you get thinking about stuff.
  • Also, there are loads of YT videos from toddle and No Code Coder, which dive into some of the things around building, components and hooking up to different back end services.
  • nathy1234.-1185124967831048235

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    thank you Tom, will start to build
  • nathy1234.-1185125852149719060

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    How to build the drag and drop feature ? is it on Buildship side ?
  • tomthebigtree-1185126813459038248

    Tom Ireland

    2 years ago

    @ No, that would be front end as well. Anything that you interact with in the browser is the front end. The data is typically the back end. Drag and drop is a lot more complicated, so I'd recommend focusing on building out all of the components initially and then look at the more trickier stuff as your experience grows. Excited to see your progress! 🙂
  • nathy1234.-1185130482816532530

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    thank you 😀
  • nathy1234.-1185135062451224627

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    Going to watch all the videos on Youtube 😂
  • Tod-1185135064435138560

    Tod

    2 years ago

    Great energy @! Your continuous contribution to the toddle Community just made you advance to Community Level 1!
  • nathy1234.-1185136299477303327

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    idea : as i'm really start from 0 with no coding knowledge, i mean in fact i start in the level -1 😂 . Could be great to to open a section " build in public" to get advices and keep motivated. As i'm a real beginner maybe we can work together and create tutorial cause as beginner, it is worse than the "Lost" tv show 😆
  • tomthebigtree-1185142650974781501

    Tom Ireland

    2 years ago

    😄 I know the feeling. When I first jumped in about 3 months ago, I was the same as you. 🤯 You do quickly start to learn though. The [Welcome to toddle](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG5nC6v1NoPTr10QWvnXoHTTw2_tT_4tm) playlist is a great place to start.

    Do ask questions! The community is very active and the toddle team are also in here and help out daily. No question is a stupid question. 😉
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  • andreasmoller-1185198205953126520

    Andreas Møller

    2 years ago

    toddle Can definitely be intimidating when you start out, but you will pick it up quickly!
    We promise that the last season of toddle is not going to be anything like Lost
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  • 895928090490970153-@Tom Ireland
    😄 I know the feeling. When I first jumped in about 3 months ago, I was the same as you. 🤯 You do quickly start to learn though. The [Welcome to toddle](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG5nC6v1NoPTr10QWvnXoHTTw2_tT_4tm) playlist is a great place to start.

    Do ask questions! The community is very active and the toddle team are also in here and help out daily. No question is a stupid question. 😉
    nathy1234.-1185385538396635206

    nathy1234.

    2 years ago

    thank Tom it's very kind and it makes me motivated to learn