Adams Elliott. Learning Airtable: Building Database-Driven Applications with No-Code

O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2024. — 382 p. — ISBN-13: 978-1-098-13337-5.Get a concise yet comprehensive overview of Airtable, one of the most versatile platforms to emerge from the no-code movement. Whether you're planning a new project, sharing data analysis within your organization, tracking a detailed initiative among stakeholders, or dealing with any other project that requires well-structured collaboration, this practical book shows you how Airtable is an accessible tool to tackle these challenges.Author Elliott Adams guides you through the process of structuring your data in a relational database, creating automations based on changes to data in Airtable, and building user-friendly interfaces for no-code applications. This showcases how Airtable is superior to the typical options of either non-developers using spreadsheets or making large investments in time-consuming application development.Airtable is a tool for builders of all kinds. Like other tools in the no-code movement, Airtable democratizes the ability to create custom applications and software processes. While many no-code solutions are offering to widen the tent of software development, there are many reasons why Airtable is a popular choice in the increasingly crowded field.In Chapter 1, we’ll start by looking at how Airtable fills an important niche by combining elements of a spreadsheet with a database. We’ll then look at its primary components and what makes it special in comparison to other options, and then we’ll have a brief primer on how Airtable thinks about, and structures, data.With this book, you will:Learn how Airtable can reduce the need for custom-built applications.
Use Airtable to replace internal tools such as spreadsheets.
Build applications utilizing relational data — without any knowledge of software programming.
Evaluate whether you can build a solution on Airtable rather than purchasing software.
Understand the limitations of the Airtable platform when compared with writing a software application from scratch.