App Generator - Build Really Nice Presentation Sites with Ease (free service)

Hello Coders!

This article presents a free app generator that a developer or a designer can use to generate a simple full-stack starter on top of pixel-perfect Bootstrap 5 UI Kits. This free service collects the user input (design, backend framework, database type and deployment scripts), generate the code and saves the code on Github (public repository). The process usually takes between 30 seconds and 2minutes (with GH upload time included).

Thanks for reading! Being a new service, any feedback (pros & cons) is more than welcomed.

How it Works

Using this free service is pretty simple. The User access the App Generator page, select the design (Material Kit in this case), and follow the next steps provided by the visual tool.

• #1 - Select the Design: Pixel, Material Kit or Soft Design
• #2 - Select the preferred backend: Flask or Django
• #3 - Configure the project
  • Persistence: Mysql, SQLite or None
  • Deployment Integration: Doker or HEROKU

Once the user confirms the options, the code is generated and saved on Github. As mentioned before, the process should take under 2minutes.

Generated Samples

Curious minds can take a look at two generated projects using the default options for Flask & Django backends on top of Material Kit Design.

• Flask Material Kit - source code, LIVE Demo
• Django Material Kit - source code, LIVE Demo

Both projects were generated with Docker support and we can start the projects using a single command executed in the route of the source code:

$ docker-compose up --build 

Steps to generate a new app

Access the generator page and select a design.

User selects the preferred backend

Configure the future product

Database (persistence) layer and Deployment options

Confirm & Generate The Sources

Once the server accepts the request, we can see the progress and access the sources when the process is finished.

Access the Sources (Github)

The generated code is automatically saved on Github and is ready to be downloaded by the user.

Use the Code

Using GIT and a terminal, we can download the sources and start the project with a few commands typed in the terminal.

Step #1 - Download the sources via GIT

$ git clone https://github.com/appseed-projects/<YOUR_BUILD_ID>.git$ cd <YOUR_BUILD_ID>

Step #2 - Start in Docker

$ docker-compose up --build

At this point, we should be able to access the generated project in the browser: localhost:85.

Thanks for reading! For more resources, please access:

• The Support page in case of any issues
• More Free Starters generated using the same flow