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Why use Bubble if you already know how to code?
Why use Bubble if you already know how to code?
Updated over a year ago

No more CRUD! Bubble automates the boring parts of web development. Spend your time designing your data model and business logic instead of writing formulaic Create, Update, and Delete code. Unlike traditional code generation tools and frameworks, data models built on Bubble are permanently linked to the visual designer, so you can continue to evolve and change them without having to maintain a bunch of machine-generated code.


Quick UI creation. You could spend your time hand-coding CSS layouts and wrestling with templating frameworks, but why? Bubble’s drag-and-drop UI creator lets you build beautiful responsive designs quickly and easily. Bubble doesn’t output HTML and CSS, so maintaining a Bubble-created design is as easy as opening up the visual editor again and making tweaks: there’s no risk of manual code changes conflicting with Bubble’s editor.

Write the code that you actually care about. By automating the boring parts, Bubble frees up your time to write the code that truly differentiates your project. Bubble is fully extensible via Javascript plugins, which can run in the web browser or in a node.js environment on the server. Our plugin development environment integrates with GitHub for rapid incorporation of your own code.

Fully hosted. Bubble ships with batteries included: version control, deployment from development to production, hosting and scaling, admin interfaces, logging, and metrics are all integrated from day one. No more toolchain nightmares. Bubble provides an all-in-one solution so you can focus on the application itself.

Instant API creation. Need a powerful, hosted backend for your project? Bubble lets you create and launch an API completely declaratively. Design your data model, write access control rules, add authentication, and you have a ready-to-go cloud-hosted datastore without writing a single line of code. You can also expose Bubble workflows through the API, which enables you to create powerful transactional logic, including sending emails, posting to third-party APIs, payment processing, and scheduled and recurring events. Perfect for a mobile backend, or for your next API-as-a-service project. And if you decide down the line you need a web UI as well, Bubble’s visual editor makes it easy to add one whenever you want.

Our no-code API connector hooks up to any JSON or XML-based API without any programming knowledge, and supports most popular authentication protocols out of the box. We also support connecting to major SQL databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL.

The Bubble platform is entirely open. You can create custom plugins using Javascript, and expose your own API to let other services connect to you.

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