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Build React-like apps for internal tooling 10x faster with Retool

Chris Smith
Chris Smith
Retool
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Most businesses have to build custom software and bespoke interfaces to their data in order to power internal processes like user trial extensions, refunds, inventory management, user administration, etc. These applications have unique requirements and often, solving the problem quickly is more important than appearance. Retool makes it easy for js developers to rapidly build React-like apps for internal tools using prebuilt API and database interfaces as well as reusable UI components. In this workshop, we’ll walk through how some of the fastest growing businesses are doing internal tooling and build out some simple apps to explain how Retool works off of your existing JavaScript and ReactJS knowledge to enable rapid tool building.


Prerequisites:

A free Retool.com trial account

Some minimal JavaScript and SQL/NoSQL database experience


Retool useful link: https://docs.retool.com/docs

tool building
86 min
16 Jun, 2021
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