Building Applications in Google Project IDX
“There’s an app for that.”
This phrase has been uttered for nearly 20-years now.
Despite the universal status of applications in our daily lives… the science of making apps has been stuck in the past.
Until today.
Developing an application is not purely an exercise in designing user interfaces, nor developing Control Logic or even cloud infrastructure engineering…
..it requires mastery of all these elements alongside other feats of data engineering and software development.
The fabled full-stack developer is blessed with such a broad portfolio of powers, but even if you are one of these rare breeds you lacked access to a single platform designed to facilitate this style of building.
Again, until today.
Building software has always been a passion of mine. Whether it's designing a complex revenue system or a simple Py tool, I've always seen code as a medium for creation. But let's be honest, the traditional software development process is not remotely inclusive.
The seemingly endless setup of en…
