Hello Hello,
I’ve been seriously stumped last few days on connecting external Databases (Google Firebase). Wondering what you guys are using as your external database? And if anyone has a how-to link or tutorial on how to implement an external database and not just local db.
e.g. backendless, xano, etc etc.
Wappler is not really meant for what you are trying to do. Can it be done? Yes. Out of the box? No.
Most people use self hosted relational databases.
I use a Digitalocean managed database for most projects and I am really happy with it!
You can connect to the most used relational databases, no matter if internal or external.
With the backend framework Server Connect, included with Wappler, you can easily query your database visually and provide the data the frontend framework App Connect for data binding and rendering.
You can even do real time data updates with websockets.
So there is no really need to use Google Firebase, there are much better and cheaper options.
Maybe you can explain more your use case in detail, so we can give you better suggestions.
Hey George, I’m just starting out with Wappler and extremely new to it.
Specifically, trying to have a Wappler app write/read information to/from an external database.
e.g. User signs up on the app, user information including e-mail/password/identifiers get saved to the db.
e.g. User updates something, the new information displays in the app.
If there’s specifically a tut or doc referencing how to actually connect to an external db, please do send it over. I’ll read it twice over.
Looks like a few docs are with the old UI from version 3 but the majority of the logic should still work the same.
Edit just to add some more info there is also the newer docs here:
Probably best to look at this first
hellokevinlee,
Sounds like you’re pretty new. Wappler is a very cool tool, but there is a learning curve.
When I started *- and still today when I get stumped - * I like to turn to videos by @mebeingken.
His website is here: https://uniqueideas.com/
He’s got some great starter videos. And, even though Wappler is on v4 his videos will still help you understand the basic flow of Wappler.
There are also good videos on Wappler’s YouTube Channel by @ben.
https://www.youtube.com/c/Wapplerio
Personally recommend Postgresql on Aiven. The reason for Aiven over DigitalOcean is they allow schema-level control DDL whereas DigitalOcean does not (and nor do they ever plan to).
Fully possible to use external DB in Wappler, even with a Docker implementation, although I haven’t figured out a smooth way to split QA DB vs Prod DB in a configuration somewhere. So I have to remember to toggle DB settings prior to and after deploy with a docker implementation.