TL;DR

  • Flatlogic adds WYSIWYG support to the Schema Editor, powered by TinyMCE.
  • Enable it at app creation or later in Schema settings via Multiline string fields.
  • Use the editor in generated apps when creating or editing entities in the target table.
  • Flatlogic apps ship with auth, CRUD, responsive UI, Docker, and Swagger-documented APIs.

Fact Box

  • Flatlogic Schema Editor now lets you add a WYSIWYG field to your project.
  • The WYSIWYG editor in Flatlogic Platform is based on TinyMCE. Source
  • Enable WYSIWYG during app creation: Step 3 Schema Editor, string field > Multiline > Use WYSIWYG Editor.
  • Or enable it later in project settings: Schema tab, string field > Multiline > Use WYSIWYG Editor.
  • Flatlogic generates web app code in minutes based on a database schema.

We are happy to announce that the Schema Editor of the Flatlogic Platform now supports the ability to add WYSIWYG to your project! It took a long time, and thanks to customer feedback, we’ve finally made it!

The WYSIWYG editor is based on the TinyMCE library. The main feature of using the WYSIWYG editor is that users do not need to know programming or markup languages ​​to create a web document. Data representation is displayed in visual form, as in Microsoft Word, and can be edited. 

How to choose a WYSIWYG editor

You can select the WYSIWYG editor in two ways:

1. When creating the application in the 3rd step in Schema Editor. To do this, you need to add a new field with the string type, select Multiline, and next select the Use WYSIWYG Editor.

2. In the settings of your project. Go to the Schema tab, add a new field, use an existing one with the string type, select Multiline, and next select the Use WYSIWYG Editor.

How to find WYSIWYG Editor in the generated application

Go to the table where you created your field with WYSIWYG. Create a new entity in this table or edit an existing string type entity and enjoy using the WYSIWYG editor.

About Flatlogic Platform

Flatlogic help software engineers and companies start web application fast. Flatlogic generated web application code in different stacks (Vue, React, Angular, Node.js, Laravel) in minutes based on the database schema. You can create DB schema either using our internal UI tool or by importing SQL scheme files.

The resulting app will have the following features out of a box:

  • Preconfigured authorization and authenticating;
  • Tables and forms;
  • Responsive UI of the app;
  • CRUD functions;
  • Full access to the front-end, and back-end code;
  • Docker for deploying to other platforms;
  • Auto-generated API for each entity documented in Swagger.

Summing Up

We have spent a lot of time and effort on improving our Platform. It is a pleasure to create something new for our customers and always be in touch with you. Don’t waste time, check out our new feature WYSIWYG, and see how rapid and straightforward it is! If you face difficulties, please, feel free to leave us a message on our forum, Twitter or Facebook. We will respond to your inquiry as quickly as possible!