Basic User Profile Screen Setup

[Michael S. Wilson]

Jennifer . . . If I figure this out I will share. I too joined this service because I was enticed by the no programming skills needed pitched . . . I have since downgraded to the free service (as I am not getting the results I expected). I am not bashing them by any means (yet) but it is seeming that if a "tutorial" has not been written on the subject that the support is worthless. I will keep you posted on my progress.

[maxkatz]

Building apps in Appery.io does require knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS. The visual builder does make it easy to build the UI, but it doesn't mean you don't need to have at least basic programming experience. This page describes exactly what technologies are used: http:/docs.appery.io/getting-started.

If you are looking for completely programing free tools, there are a good number of template-based app builders. Hope this helps.

[Michael S. Wilson]

I have extensive knowledge of CSS, HTML and Java... But that is not helping in the calls needed for making the functions I am looking for work. I will continue to explore, because I am sure once I figure the protocol out, everything will fall into place.

[maxkatz]

Which exact function are you trying to create?

[Michael S. Wilson]

I am putting together a more comprehensive message... I can not get the app to save my users profile data (and thereby allow them to edit down the road) . . . I will post more shortly.

[Alex Van Name]

I was trying to create a similar page and the TODO list app helps to learn DELETE Services and the VIDEO #3 for DATABASE services to learn how to make the MESSAGE app was helpful.

I have a followup question to this.

I have 2 buttons, "delete profile" and "Update profile"

The only way I have been able to update is to first make a Delete Service that deletes the old profile, then posts the Updated profile. Ok that works well.

But, if there is no data, the Delete Services fails because there is no data to delete...and when a user visits the app for the first time, with no profile data inside, none of my "labels" or "inputs" show up...I only see the Buttons, and no data above the buttons.

Is there a way to make some kind of conditional setting?

The problem for me is that I am playing with the order of DELETE and CREATE and LIST services and once in a while, I create these loops, where a profile is LISTed and then another is CREATED. Sometimes at my best, I get two profiles stacked on top of each other. I just want one profile to display. I have stayed away from the pre-created user database with user_name and user_id. I made a separate database instead for a user profile.

Any ideas?

[Yurii Orishchuk]

Hi Alex,

Now you have two services: delete and create.

But you need to use "update" instead of "create" when you need to update current user.

Please take a look here about update users service.
http://devcenter.appery.io/documentat...

So you don't need to delete users before update them.

Regards.

[Alex Van Name]

Thanks for the reply!

I am wondering if I made a mistake by making a separate database that did NOT include the pre-made USER database. Should I use this database for PROFILES or can I continue with a SEPARATE database for my profiles?

[Alex Van Name]

Thanks for the link, but I am looking for help that works with the new version.

I have been using the drag 'n drop features to make connections between inputted data from the user and database fields.

How does the UPDATE work?

[Yurii Orishchuk]

Alex,

Ок, if you use not predefined Users collection your solution is so more easy.

So you need add "update" service for your collection.

See more on this screen shots:

1 http://prntscr.com/40hbpy/direct

2 http://prntscr.com/40hcao/direct

And then you can add datasource with this "update" service on the page and use this datasource instead of "create" service datasource when your user is exist.

That's all.

Regards.