I run an agency that only works because we can build things maintainably (meaning that features are easy to revisit and iterate at later on). Here’s what I’ve learned from experience: Almost all popups should be reusable elements. URL parameters are generally much easier to work with than URL …

great points, i do half of these already but will implement others too! can you give more details about these? maybe specific use cases. [image] georgecollier: URL parameters are generally much easier to work with than URL paths. Every app needs a ‘Sign Up’ backend workflow that runs when a Us…

URL paths are so fiddly because Bubble doesn’t have a very natural way of navigating with them. It doesn’t have a concept of a parent page/path. So, you end up with a lot of hardcoded links in your Go to page actions etc. Every app is different, but most of our apps have the following options: SP…

thanks for the quick answers pretty good points again. do you have any suggestions for end user permissions, managing user roles (for an inventory system e.g.) but user can have different roles in different warehouses etc.

thanks @davidb it looks good for my need, i will give it a try

Thank you George for taking the time to post this. Although where I’m at with my learning of Bubble right now I have no idea what some of this means, I’m sure in time I’ll come back to this and it will all make better sense.

Thanks for the tips! [image] georgecollier: All API Connector input expressions should have :format as JSON safe Not totally true. Need to consider: number/integer, boolean and null value that doesn’t require double quotes and cannot be used with json-safe.

Thanks for all of your advice. I use to do so for many points but one time I do, one time I forget, and that the point… and some of your advise are new also for me… AND ONE POINT that I don’t understand !!! “”“Backend custom events are environment variables”, if you can explain please… thank you in …

@georgecollier , great content, as always :pray: Can you elaborate on what you mean by loading states that should almost always be a reusable element? [image] georgecollier: Add privacy rules first, as soon as you create a data type. I believe that the opposite is often the best strategy. F…

[image] code-escapee: Can you elaborate on what you mean by loading states that should almost always be a reusable element? [CleanShot 2025-02-21 at 20.49.00@2x] [image] code-escapee: I believe that the opposite is often the best strategy. For a complex app, privacy rules are going to g…

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@jo1 : Here’s one brief explanation, along with a follow-up about privacy rules.

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