I am new to wappler and have been persisting with NodeJS as I hear there are advantages to it such as speed, and reusable components however I’m beginning to feel that it is not stable enough and relatively unsupported.
database connections seem harder and not documented (from what I can see)
layouts and partials not really working (again from what I can see)
can’t delete a database connection from the wappler UI after realising that it needs a server connection rather than a direct connection (I think this is a wappler bug actually)
email service not working in NodeJS
most of the documentation/tutorials assume that you are setting up PHP not NodeJS and you follow them only to discover that you need to do it a different way with NodeJS.
I feel like we’re dealing with
Wappler v3 being very new and a few idiosyncrasies (which is undertsandable)
Some of the basics such as setting up remote servers not being easy and having to find documentation
NodeJS being a relatively immature stage of development
Combining all these factors makes it much harder.
So, my question is: Is it worth persisting with NodeJS or would it be fewer headaches with the old classic PHP?
(Given that we are developing e-commerce sites with tens of thousands of users and huge databases that we need to migrate across)
Would love to get some insights/advice before going much further.
Which is to say, I have every confidence that any issues with node will be quickly resolved if we continue to file quality bug reports. Through the headaches, I think you’ll be in a better place long term.
I had this issue and they can be removed from a couple of different config files in the Wappler folders which properly deletes them. And yes I believe it’s a bug that the can’t be deleted in the ui
I can let you know which ones if you’re interested.
And the other is in the hidden wappler folder (right click and ‘view hidden files’ These ones are per target so there is a folder and and multiple database folders under each target:
I believe i had to remove them from both in order for them to be properly deleted.
You actually need both a direct connection for Wappler self and a Server Connect database connection for Server connect to access your database from the web server.
It should be working just fine - if it doesn't work to you post a bug report but usually it is about the settings.
Wappler UI makes it all the same, so it doesn't really matter if you are using PHP or NodeJS - the usage workflow is pretty much the same.
