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A Beginner's Comparison of React Native and Flutter: Why You Should Choose React Native

When it comes to building mobile apps that work seamlessly on both iOS and Android, the choices often boil down to two popular frameworks: React Native and Flutter. Both have their strengths, but today, we're going to dive into what sets them apart

Unleashing the Power of Low-Code App Builders for Internal Processes

Explore the benefits of using a low-code app builder like Draftbit for creating internal apps and how it can empower non-technical leaders

Navigating the Rough Seas to Find Product-Market Fit for Your App

Finding Product-Market Fit is no easy feat, but with a mix of clarity, customer focus, and constant iteration, you'll be sailing toward success like the most capable captain on the high seas.

Why Mobile App Startup Founders Should Consider No-Code Development Tools

In this blog post, we will explore why mobile app startup founders should seriously consider using no-code development tools and services.

5 Funding Options Mobile App Startups Should Consider

In this blog post, we will explore five funding options that mobile app startups should consider to secure the necessary capital for their journey.

Common Best Practices for Smartphone App UI/UX Design

In this blog post, we will explore some common best practices for creating a compelling and user-friendly UI/UX for smartphone apps.

Strategies for User Acquisition and Retention in the Mobile App Market

Top 6 Mobile App Wireframe and Prototyping Tools

These invaluable resources empower app designers and developers to bring their concepts to life, allowing them to create interactive and user-friendly interfaces.

Mobile app design trends going into 2023

Achieving Success with Mobile App Development using Low-Code Platforms: Tips and Best Practices

Empowering Non-Developers to Build Mobile Apps with Low-Code Platforms

How Low-Code Platforms Can Simplify Your Mobile App Development Workflow

Low-Code Platforms vs. Traditional Mobile App Development: Which is Right for You?

Maximizing efficiency and productivity with Expo dev tools

The Advantages of Using Low-Code Platforms for Enterprise Mobile App Development

Real-World Examples of Successful React Native Mobile Apps

The benefits of using low-code tools at dev agencies

The Cost-Effective Solution: Developing Mobile Apps with Low-Code Platforms

Why React Native is the Future of Mobile App Development

How to choose the best BaaS for your native mobile app

The Hapi Path to Express.js for our Backend Services

Draftbit Sr. Software Engineer Shawn Michael Larkin explains the technical context for our switch from Hapi to Express.js, and its advantages for our end-users.

The Best CI/CD Tools for Mobile App Developers in 2022

This article will discuss some of the best CI/CD tools for mobile app developers in 2021. We will discuss their key features, support for creating pipelines, tests, and integrations. Finally, we will look into the pricing plans of each tool.

The 10 Best Design Tools for Mobile App Creators in 2021

What are the best free and paid design tools for mobile app prototyping and design? We'll dive into 10 popular tools.

Building an Instagram Clone from Scratch with No-Code, Part 1: Sign Up, Sign In, and Log Out

In this 3-part tutorial series, we provide step-by-step instructions for creating an Instagram clone from scratch using no-code tools Draftbit and Xano. In Part 1, we will build user authentication (sign up, sign in, log out).

Building an Instagram Clone from Scratch with No-Code, Part 3: Interact with Content

In this 3-part tutorial series, we provide step-by-step instructions for creating an Instagram clone from scratch using no-code tools Draftbit and Xano. In Part 3, we will build content interaction features (likes, follows, comments).

Building an Instagram Clone from Scratch with No-Code, Part 2: Create & Browse Content

In this 3-part tutorial series, we provide step-by-step instructions for creating an Instagram clone from scratch using no-code tools Draftbit and Xano. In Part 2, we will build content creation and browsing functionality (create new post, see posts).

9 Reasons Small Business Owners Should Be Thinking About Low-Code/No-Code

Learn how low-code/no-code platforms are helping small businesses build and automate faster, easier and cheaper.

How To Get Your First 1,000 Mobile App Users

Everyone and their smartphone-savvy grandmother is developing a mobile app. So how do founders stand out from the crowd? How do they get people to care about, use, and buy their app? How do they attract early adopters?

React Native vs. Flutter: Which One is Better?

When deciding between the two most popular cross-platform mobile frameworks in the world, there are many considerations, from performance to community to cost.

How to Create a Native Mobile App For Your Backendless Back-End

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a mobile app front-end from scratch using a Backendless real-time database back-end and Backendless API services.

How To Create a Native Mobile App For Your Supabase Back-End

This tutorial will show you how to create a native mobile app from scratch using Supabase as the back-end database and Draftbit as the React Native builder.

11 Best No-Code and Low-Code Back-Ends for 2021

An overview of top No-code and Low-code back-ends will help you build your app's front-end faster.

How to create a Custom Component in Draftbit

In this article, we'll go through how to create a Custom Component in a Draftbit app (a Text component), and adding the open-source Package that supports the Custom Component (via Packages).

How to Build an App UI from Scratch Using Draftbit

learn step-by-step how to create a user interface using the Draftbit app builder and see in action how Flexbox layout components are configured, and understand the building blocks of the Builder.

How to Fetch Data from a REST API in an App UI Using Draftbit

In the first tutorial in the series on creating a Bookbit Starter app from scratch, the focus was on covering the UI elements that the Draftbit’s Builder offer and how to implement them to create mobile app screens.

Poisera’s founders launched their app that helps mothers build resilience, using Draftbit

The Complete Guide to React Native Flexbox Layout using Draftbit’s Visual Builder

How Draftbit uses React Native's Flexbox layout to build apps visually.

How to create a native mobile app for your Xano back-end

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to build the core CRUD functionalities of a mobile app from scratch using a Xano back-end. The mobile app will be built in open-source React Native using Draftbit, a low-code visual development platform. Apps built in Draftbit can be published to the iOS and Android app stores.