[davyson]

Sam, one of the creators here. Spreadsheets are still the most flexible software creation tool in existence. Excel and now Google Sheets allow millions of non developers to produce software within their workbooks. However while spreadsheets are great experiences for authoring tools, they aren't so easy for your users.

Toga allows you to create apps from your Google Sheets so you can provide an easy interface for your team (or even your customers and partners) to access, edit and create data. Permissions are integrated to you can limit by the sheet, column and row.

I'd love to hear what you think!

[_benj]

I absolutely love this! Personally I have made a few projects that use google sheets as a backend in order to give the non-dev owners control over their data.

I wonder if in this app you'll have some API access? I can see this a extremely useful to hand non-technical clients a very nice interface (better than a spread sheet) and avoid the user from breaking the app (i.e. "I didn't know that rearranging/changing the name of a column would break the app!")

I'm gonna keep an eye on this product. Thanks!

[cpursley]

I'm really hoping one of these types of app builders backed by spreadsheets takes off. Not only will it empower non-devs, it will give devs the ability to prototype and iterate faster. Toga looks especially well thought out.

Are there plans/a path in the future where users can move off of spreadsheets to a relational database when the need arises?

[davyson]

Yes absolutely, we're working on a way to let people graduate to a flexible database.

[warent]

I love the app idea. Will give it a deeper look in the morning. But why did you delete the email column?

[frankacter]

Hi Sam. We maintain a spreadsheet here of our COVID-19 cases and related data around them. Curious to see what kind of engagement we can do with Toga.