Hello Appsmiths,
A new event is coming up on September 26th! Join us for a panel discussion about why more businesses are shifting from public cloud SaaS applications to custom-built tools hosted in their own cloud or infrastructure. This webinar will feature new insights from over 150 developers, covering the benefits and challenges of self-hosting, best practices, and real-world experiences from IT and development teams.
Also, have you seen the first episode of The Agency? Check out how Appsmith Workflows were used to efficiently solve a last-minute ticket request from a client. And share with us what you thought of their approach.
Happy building!
Product updates
Performance and stability improvements
At Appsmith, enhancing performance and stability are top priorities. Recently, we focused on improving the First Page Load (FPL) time and overall platform stability. Key efforts included optimizing the consolidated view API, which provides crucial user and tenant information before the UI loads. By reducing redundant database calls and using Redis for faster data access, we achieved a 67% improvement in response time, dropping from 150ms to 48ms. Additionally, the edit API performance improved by 70%.
These performance gains also enhanced stability. By maintaining healthy Kubernetes pods and reducing pod restarts, we saw a 45% performance boost in our API endpoints. These efforts ensure a faster and more reliable user experience.
Other features and improvements
- Table widget improvements: Display label in table select cell and introducing the sortBy property to select columns in table widget
- Sniping mode for module to bind to existing and new widgets
- Announcing Appsmith Terraform modules
→ Find all the details of these new releases and additional updates in our monthly round-up.
Blog
How We're Saving $200k+/yr With Our Own Appsmith Customer Support Solution
Are you spending a fortune on customer support tools that don't quite meet your requirements? Here’s how we built our own business support tools using Appsmith.
Automatically Generate a PDF from a Database with Appsmith
PDF reports are important but tedious to do by hand. Here’s a way to create a PDF from a database in less than 5 minutes using Appsmith and APITemplate.
How to Build an Efficient Customer Support Experience Using Low-Code Automation
Your business's success relies on customer satisfaction. Here’s how to create an efficient customer support using automation built on flexible low-code tools.
→ Visit the blog to learn more
Community updates
Last month, we achieved a huge milestone: we hit 10,000 subscribers on YouTube! Thank you to everyone in the community for your support and constant feedback. What videos would you like to see more of on our YouTube channel?
We are also launching our latest Content Contest focused on Developer Tools. It's your chance to win some Appsmith swag and showcase your creativity and expertise!
An Intro to REST and GraphQL APIs
If you're new to REST and GraphQL APIs, this guide will give you a quick overview to help you get started using APIs in Appsmith.
Intro to JavaScript in Appsmith
This guide covers the various places and syntaxes for using JavaScript in Appsmith. It is intended for users who have a basic understanding of JSON and JavaScript functions, and focuses more on practical applications.
Appsmith Best Practices: Creating Efficient, Easy-To-Maintain Apps
Learn best practices for creating efficient and easy-to-maintain apps using Appsmith. This article delves into the importance of keeping things simple, the concept of building mini-apps with multiple pages, and the benefits of creating multiple purpose-built apps.
→ Visit the community portal to learn more
Events
Building a Calendar Widget Using Fullcalendar.js & the Google Calendar API
Friday, August 16th | 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 16:00 CEST
In this workshop, Joseph shows how to enable the Google Calendar API and then list and create records from Appsmith. To display the events, Joseph demonstrates how to build a custom calendar widget using FullCalendar.js.
Build Customer Data Dashboards with AI-Powered Charts
Thursday, August 22nd | 11:00 EDT, 20:30 IST, 17:00 CEST
Join Kevin and Joseph for a live coding session to see how Appsmith, Apache Echarts, and Open AI can transform fragmented customer data into actionable dashboards. Learn to build AI-powered customized chart dashboards, create visualizations, and integrate datasources within Appsmith.
The Shift to Self-Hosted Software Solutions
Thursday, September 26th | 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 16:00 CEST
Self-hosting? More and more businesses are shifting from public cloud SaaS applications to custom-built tools hosted in their own cloud or infrastructure. Join our panel for an interactive discussion about the benefits and challenges of this transition.
Office hours with Support
Every Tuesday and Thursday, we hold office hours on Discord with the Support team. This is a great opportunity to get your questions answered and engage with our team.
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Appsmith is an open-source, low-code platform to build internal apps quickly. Talk to us on Discord if you have any questions.
