Hi, I'm completely new to Wappler. I started using it hoping it would save me time, but so far the experience has been the opposite — it has actually slowed me down a lot.
For example, the only type of project that seems to work correctly for me is Node.js. Whenever I try to create a PHP project, Wappler stops responding after I click the “Save” button.
At first, I assumed it was a permissions issue, so I ran Wappler as administrator, but the problem persisted. Then I thought that, since Wappler is built with HTML5 and JavaScript, maybe it uses the same interface across operating systems but some features behave differently depending on the platform. To test that, I installed Wappler on Debian and got exactly the same result.
The only workaround I found was to manually open an empty folder and set the target to PHP. That way, Wappler finally copies the framework files into the assigned folder.
Another issue is that Wappler doesn’t feel intuitive for new users.
As a simple test, I tried to create a login form with a text field and a password field. I connected to a MySQL database, but it took me around six attempts because Wappler kept throwing errors without explaining the reason. Once I finally connected successfully, I went back to the form and tried to add a simple database check to verify whether the user exists.
However, I couldn’t find any App Connect or Server Connect events in the panel, even though the framework was already configured. When I say there were no events, I mean that they were not available in the panel itself.
I also tried creating a very simple project that queries a basic API to retrieve the world time, but again, the interface didn’t feel intuitive.
Another difficulty is the documentation. Most of it seems aimed at people who already know how Wappler works. The beginner documentation is extremely basic — explaining things like what HTTP requests are or what a server is — but then it suddenly jumps to advanced concepts and references features that don’t even appear in the interface anymore, such as choosing between SSR and CSR.
Does the community have any beginner-oriented guides for people who are completely new to the product, without having to go all the way back to absolute basics?
Wappler seems like a really interesting project, and I’d genuinely like to learn how to use it properly.