What is Retool? Low-Code Internal App Builder Review & Tutorial

[@beerbuffet1222]

That is pretty deep & powerful. Nice work Dan!

[@opzerco]

Big Retool fan! Have been playing around with the tool for a while and -- with its learning curve -- there's little you can't do.

[@InfameKato]

Wooow, this was great! I'm currently in the process of using this tool, and you made it so seamless and clear. Thank you very much good sir, subscribed, and liked the video!

[@ChristophMolitor]

Thanks, a really great tutorial to show a lot of things in depth. Though, I have one question: how is the submit button connected to the workflow to get the channel? I watched it twice but I am missing something.

[@gooseduarte2758]

You modified your query to filter the table results based on the select box. Does that mean you rerun the query every time the selection changes? Could that affect performance, and would it be better to use a JS script to filter the results?

[@DennerRodrigues95]

Great explanation!

[@AristeidisZagklis]

great explanation. thank you Dan

[@randompersonwholovestoknow3731]

thanks dan. one question how did you set the variable state value in the dropdown for channel_picker? isn't channelpicker supposed to be the id of the dropdown?

[@CharliesCustomClones]

Dan, very nice. I would love to see your take on Retool v. SuperBlocks v. Appsmith. I know that Retool uses JavaScript, and worry that too much is put on the front-end. Ideally, I would like to see something like a visual PHP editor.

[@the_adamtaylor]

I'm curious what you mean by "too much is put on the front-end"?

[@SethFannin]

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[@georgiethedoodle]

Retool requires a LOT of technical knowledge. If you're not a developer yourself or don't have developer on your team who can build out apps and dashboards for you, then avoid at all cost. Finance teams? Product teams? Designers? Sales people? Avoid, avoid, avoid.

[@danleeman]

@@georgiethedoodle Yes, definitely for devs within IT or Ops. We've had a number of orgs who start on no-code and outgrow it, however. Or teams have their own dbs and it makes it (relatively) easier to set up dashboards, etc.