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My First App

This tutorial will guide you throw the basic steps needed for creating your first app. The process is easy: first you define the objects that your app will handle, and then you build the pages that will let users browse and manipulate such data.

Step one: give a name to your app​

Just enter Bobuild and click the "Create app" button.

Choose a short app name. This will be used as the app domain: https://APPNAME.bobuild.com/

Now you need to go through two steps:

  1. Design your database
  2. Design your application pages

Design your database​

This step is easy. You define the objects and the fields that you want to store in your database.

An object is just an entity: for example, customer, product, or order.

Start creating your objects by clicking the Add Object button:

You'll be prompted for the object name:

Now you need to define one or more object fields. Think about fields as the columns of a spreadsheet: they define the properties of your object. For example, a customer may have these fields: name, lastname, address, email and many more. When you create an object, the id field will be created for you: it's a special field that you cannot change or delete. It's automatically populated with an incrementing number identifying the record uniquely. Now add your first field by clicking the Add Field button:

You will be prompted for the field name and type. Choose the type that best describes the data you'll put in this field:

Repeat this step for all the desired fields.

Objects have relationships among them: each order belongs to a single customer, while each product may be associated with multiple orders.