December 2015 Summaries

This article discusses the emergence of Bubble, a powerful web-building platform that democratizes code creation, allowing individuals without technical expertise to build software. The author and his co-founder, Vlad, quit their jobs to launch AirDev, a new approach to web development based on Bubble. They share their personal journey with Bubble, from learning the basics to building functional MVPs for their business and social platforms. The article highlights five predictions for the future of web development: an explosion of micro-apps, a shift in talent distribution, investment in computer science problems, tools for non-super-rich individuals, and a seamlessly integrated API web ecosystem. These predictions aim to reshape the industry by making software creation more accessible, affordable, and inclusive.

We are excited to announce our integration with Blockspring, a service that makes connecting to data as simple as building apps. This integration allows users to connect their Bubble app to external APIs and databases, such as Twitter or their own database, by clicking a button. With Blockspring, users can access hundreds of external services in their Bubble app, display data, send data, or kick off events in the connected service. Users can also create new blocks to access internal data and write their own code in languages like Python, Ruby, Node, PHP, and R, which are then converted into APIs for use in Bubble. This integration has the potential to dramatically change how organizations work by allowing business people to build their own software solutions, rather than relying on IT departments.