Where to even start, that is quite a pile of questions.
Basically to try answer some of it, I only ever really used a text editor myself, and manually coded html, javascript, php, and mysql, all by hand, as this gave me full control over every single aspect of what I wanted to achieve.
Then I found DMXZone extensions a few years later and started doing most of my php and mysql integrations using that, although i disliked dreamweaver itself so I kept my text editor for all my html, js, css, etc. and just integrated what dreamweaver had done for my server side stuff.
Then came Wappler, a single tool where i could do it all, and to be very honest I have very little need to ever custom code blocks of js, or php, and I use the bs4 framework built into Wappler for all my html, css, and all the built in server side stuff for php and mysql integration. So although here and there I still custom code little parts by hand, I am talking a small script once a week, rather than days and says of only custom code.
There are some mysql shortcomings that 99% of the time i get around by using “views” but besides that change in my workflow everything else works, and makes my development time about 70% faster than it used to be.
To try answer specific questions.
- Sign up for a Pro Version monthly trial and you get two weeks of full power to test it out. If you cancel anytime in your trial period you will not be charged.
- As far as I am aware this does not integrate seamlessly with WordPress or Joomla.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- If you mean the html lang attribute then yes, however there are multiple ways to work with languages.
- I am not sure
- I am not sure, but think of Wappler as not just a GUI to all functions of PHP, basically it is a full BS4/Framework7 GUI that allows custom stylesheets for finer control, with App Connect and Server Connect which take care of all your Client Side js and Server Side SQL / PHP or ASP. You can still add your own custom js or PHP too.
Post 3 questions
- No, there is no built in custom PDF creator. You will still have to use third party libraries for that.
- Not as far as I am aware, well not in the traditional sense of editable grids anyway, but you can return 10 records from a database query, and add all returned data into a database update form table and change multiple records on multiple rows and have a single save button.
- There are video from myself and hyperbytes linked on the forum, with additional videos.
- Unsure, but I think you have to create your own database, i suppose you could write a custom setup script with your app that can create your databases and tables etc.
- Wappler updates every week with bug fixes, improvements, and additional functionality, the upcoming stuff will include server side API integration, and to see what other things are coming look through this community forum at the Feature Request category to get more insight.
I know how you feel about needing a flexible tool, however the only true flexible tool is a text editor, where you can do anything and everything your brain is smart enough to code. So it depends on your coding skill level i suppose.
WordPress and Joomla offer great flexibility in the form of, if it can not do it out the box, then just throw another plugin at it.
I use Wappler and a text editor, and with those two I can do 99% of what i need at super speed, but still have the option of doing the remaining 1% in BBEdit or Espresso if I really need to.
thank you for your answers!