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Welcome to our first edition of "The Low-Code Lighthouse", your newly rebranded monthly guide to navigating Appsmith updates and low-code development tips!
Recently, we hosted a webinar that delved into practical tips and best practices for successful self-hosting implementation. But that's not all - we also unveiled the results of our survey of over 100 developers, exploring the motivations behind self-hosted solutions and the impact of AI and open-source software. Curious to learn more? Download the ebook here.
In other news, Appsmith WORK is just a week away! This exciting event will showcase the future of work and business software. Find out how our latest updates are helping the prototyping, building, and deployment of next-gen AI applications. Mark your calendars and join our livestream on October 23rd at 10am ET / 3pm CET. The future of low-code is calling!
Happy building and catch you in the next update! đź«°
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🚀 Product updates
Snowflake Key Pair Auth
We’re introducing a new authentication method for Snowflake databases in Appsmith: key pair authentication. Before, Appsmith only provided username and password authentication. Now, in the Snowflake DB form, you can choose between Basic (username/password) and Key pair authentication types.
Action Redesign Enhancements
We've made significant improvements to the UI setup screens for our Google Sheets, Firestore, MongoDB, Databricks, and S3 integrations configurations, making them more responsive and user-friendly in split pane mode. They all received configuration upgrades, now using a sections and zones format.
These updates are part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the user interface and prepare for upcoming changes to our APIs, Queries, and JS Editor. This is just the beginning—stay tuned for more exciting UI updates coming soon!
→ For more details on these and other updates, check our releases log.
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đź“š Blog
Automating GDPR Data Deletion Requests with Appsmith Workflows and Human-In-The-Loop Approvals
Explore our approach to automating GDPR data deletion requests through Appsmith Workflows, incorporating a crucial human oversight step for added security and compliance.
Streamline Procurement Approvals with Low-Code Workflow Automation
Discover how low-code workflow automation can improve your procurement approval process. Learn to streamline operations, reduce errors, and boost efficiency with Appsmith's workflows.
How to Unify All Your Customer Data in One Customer 360 Dashboard That Measures KPIs across Your Org
This tutorial shows you how to build a Customer 360 application that unifies the customer data from across your business into a single dashboard.
→ Visit the blog to learn more
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🤝 Community Updates
This month we want to highlight a community contribution from Bikash Panda. Bikash has created an app using Appsmith to manage electronic components for his home lab. The app leverages OpenAI to generate detailed component descriptions. This integration allows him to have all necessary documentation and datasheets in one place, eliminating the need for manual searches. You can explore his project on this repo.
Portuguese Video: Como Empresas EstĂŁo Usando Appsmith para Dominar o Customer 360
Join our new Portuguese Appsmith Community! You can now participate in our Discord channel #general-portuguese, watch the latest video by Léo Andrade, and welcome dncPAX—our new Portuguese Appsmith Ambassador—on Discord.
Building a Chat Interface to Use with Any AI
Build a general purpose AI Chat interface that can be used with any AI Chat API. Use vanilla JavaScript, HTML and CSS to build out the basic functionality, then throw in a few libraries for Markdown and syntax highlighting.
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI Techniques
Learn three different examples of RAG, using Appsmith AI, and Chat API's from OpenAI and Cohere AI. Using these techniques, you can build AI assistants into your internal tools, and ground the responses to be based on your companies data and policies.
Securing Customer Data in Appsmith: Best Practices and Tips
Learn the essential strategies to enhance data security in your Appsmith applications.
→ Visit the community portal
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