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Show HN: Create your own mobile ordering app without code, using a Google Sheet (glowbom.com)
49 points by jacobglowbom on May 2, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 14 comments


The menu interactions could be GIF animations.

The copy script download could in stead be a textarea.

Euro is a thing.

A demo is missing (actually 2)


Thank you!


Hey guys,

Last weekend we participated in Cal Hacks’ hack:now and created a mobile ordering app builder called Mobile Orders.

It can help business owners get set up a mobile ordering app using a Google Sheet. No programming skills required. No registration needed.

We would appreciate any feedback!


Hi! This is really great. Quick feedback for.minor improvements:

General:

* Maybe 1-2 sentences more at the beginning for what appears at the end ("web app that runs in your browser") and what is the use case (for where your servers can enter the info and it appears at the bar?) * Some kind of customer/table identifier would be useful? * Quick instructions at the end how to use it. E.g. "both bar and server open the app on their phone"

If your target audience is really non-tech people I imagine they might struggle with the instructions for

* step 5 (just spell it out a bit more) * Step 8 and 9 (mention where to find those settings) * Step 10 onwards: suddenly you mention software that was not yet introduced and there are a few terms that dont make sense unless you understand them already * Step 11 - something is missing: what do I do with the code I've changed? * step 12 is a bit quick and I'm not sure what comes out at the end. E.g. where to click "run the app" and where it will appear

Hope this helps, really well done and this is just nitpicking ;)


This is super helpful, thanks!


10/10


When trying to "unfold" 1 the screen seems to jump down. (I get what is happening but it looks confusing)


Thank you! I will fix that!


I’ve come across Jacob before and he’s been making all kinds of no code apps for years now. This is fantastic


Can you link to other examples of no code apps? This seems kind of interesting.


Thank you! Yes, there's a GitHub link on glowbom.com where you can find other examples of no-code apps. We're currently working on integrating new types of apps and games on this website.


Thank you!!


One note: It would be awesome to also have some type of setup guide that follows the steps on youtube and embed it into your site.

Great job!


Thanks for the feedback!




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