It’s a 156 page PDF available on Gumroad that dives deeply into the hard-earned lessons I’ve learned over five years of full-time Bubbling, focusing on:
how to determine whether Bubble is the right tool for your project: the pros, cons and limitations from a performance perspective
how to set up your app to load pages, process workflows and edit database records at maximum efficiency
how to design your UX and communicate with your users so your app seems faster than it actually is
Pay what you want
I’m releasing it on a Pay What You Think Is Fair model, meaning you can pay whatever you think the book is worth or you feel you can afford, down to 1 USD. I sincerely want it to be a valuable resource, so I’ve even decided to offer a full refund if the book for any reason fails to meet your expectations.
@gf_wolfer Don’t worry, there’s lots of colorful pictures
@alexreed92
It’s difficult to answer that question, since one of the main points of the book is that performance can mean very different things, depending on what your app does (as an example, page load can be important for one app, while rapid data processing can be the main feature of another). Both performance and scaling would mean completely different things in those two scenarios.
You bring up a fair point though. One way to go could be to set up a companion app for the book where I highlight different scenarios with preloaded data. That would be useful not only to illustrate different methods, but also to give users a chance to see for themselves what kind of results they can expect to achieve and assess Bubble as a potential platform.
I’m not sure the subtitle is doing the book any favors to be honest, and I might change it. I’ll happily admit that it was thought up in the span of a few seconds while learning how to set up Gumroad, and it’s very unequivocal in precisely the way that I’ve taken care that the book is not and thus kind of contradicting some of its points. I actually spend the first portion of the book going over what I consider to be some of Bubble’s limitations from a performance perspective.
It’s pretty late here, but I’ll give both of those points some thought.
Edit: I edited the subtitle from saying “lightning-fast” to “fast” for now, to avoid it sounding hyperbolic
@alexreed92
Hmm, unfortunately no, since I work mostly with closed client systems, I don’t have any readily available public apps. We have a public commercial app in development that may serve as an example for some scenarios, but it’s a few months away still. Happy to share it when it’s live and I’ll see what I can do about setting up a showcase app.
@JohnMark
Thanks for the kind words! Those were the days, eh?
Great to have everything in one place instead of trying to recall which forum post I saw something in. I always hope to learn two new things from a course or book but if I learn even one it will be worth the $25 suggested price. Thanks for taking the initiative.
@petter Just purchased it, thank you so much for preparing this. It is indeed as @shpak.serhiy puts it, the missing book. I’ve gone only through a few pages and there is a lot of good stuff here. Definitely worth it.
Aha 156 Pages. Bubble complete reference material and manual are shorter than these books.
Surely, I will grab my copy. I see lots of help after reading your Forum tip on the reusable elements post.
Finished reading – well written and constructed, and also very thoughtful about how to think about speed and accomplishing it! Even though I’ve read a lot already on speed and data structuring, I learned some new things.
Purchased! Good reading for the break. Was looking forward to this topic as I have exactly this problem / question about performance. I keep on “bumping” my plan and clearly that’s not “it”.
Thank you!
Easy to read and well done.
