How to Retool: A Getting Started Guide (2022)

[@CharlesBLim]

As a web dev I find this tool very inviting.. other drag and drop low code-, no code platform doesn't allow you to do custom coding. This is a good start to learning and make a living creating mob apps. NO code and Low code devs are growing might as well join the bandwagon lol.

[@mercymulti3229]

Thanks for this, it was really helpful 🤓💛🙌🤗

[@tom.2900]

Is it possible to make multi-page apps? For example, selecting a row would open a new page with more information (such as "history") for that row? Perhaps you could do this with modals, but really I'd like to be taken to a clean new page when selecting a row, in this example

[@nesrusadik6264]

What a great tool it is! I am wondering to know If there is any way to export the app and deploy it on my own server please?

[@waseemmalik3281]

When you deploy your app, you will need a login page right. For example an admin panel. How you make something like that. I don't find much online about it. Only people can log in that are admin in our database. So retool users are unrelevant.

[@tom.2900]

Hey! I think you left a comment on my comment about how to change pages. It seems to have disappeared, could you explain again please? My question was how to change pages/screens within the app.

[@tom.2900]

@@waseemmalik3281 Aha! Thank you. From my research a while ago, the new app > new query is what seemed like I had to do. But I was confused by the idea of opening a new "app". So long as it feels like the user is still within the same app, then no problem. I'll investigate further, thanks.

[@waseemmalik3281]

​@@tom.2900 You can also make a module of the header so it gets duplicated in all the apps and if you make a change to that module, the changes will apply for all the apps. For example, if you want to add a new menu button, you will have to do it in that module and all the apps using that module will get that change.

[@tom.2900]

@@waseemmalik3281 Thanks man! Modulception!

[@mo-ec6wu]

Excellent

[@brunozica6241]

not helpful. too much information too fast