Anvil Blog

7th April 2022

OAuth and OIDC: What You Need To Know

In today’s blog post, learn everything you never knew you needed to know about OpenID Connect - the SSO technology behind ‘Sign in with Google or Facebook’ - and about OAuth, the standard that drives it.

1st of April 2022

Client vs Server Code in Anvil

When you write code in an Anvil app, it runs on either the client-side or the server-side. But what is the client and the server, and why do we run code in two different places? This article is a introduction to the difference between client-side and server-side code in Anvil.

25th of March 2022

Integrate your QuickBooks data into your own Anvil app

Want to view your accounting data at a glance, or show it to others without giving them access to your QuickBooks? Read on to see how to do just that in Anvil.

10th of March 2022

Draw FusionCharts with Python

Use the awesome FusionCharts library directly from Python in the browser!

2nd March 2022

Craft A Conference Talk Proposal That Sparks Joy

So you’re interested to talk at a software conference - that’s great!

But how do you propose a talk, and what sorts of proposals are attractive to conference organisers?

24th February 2022

A Gentle Introduction to SAML Authentication

In today’s blog post, we take a demystifying dive into the deep dark world of SAML authentication.

16th February 2022

An SSO primer: what is it, and how does it work?

Are you getting tired of having too many online identities? Keep forgetting passwords, and having to log in to a bunch of different services every time you surf the web? It’s time to learn about SSO.

2nd February 2022

CS In Schools

Australia is missing thousands of programmers. There will be over 100,000 new IT jobs created in Australia by 2024, but overwhelmingly Australians aren’t choosing to study Computer Science related subjects. CS In Schools is a charity aiming to tackle this problem at its source, partnering with schools to give young students positive formative experiences with coding.

27th of January 2022

Calling from your Browser using Twilio and Python

Easily make calls from you Browser using the Twilio API and nothing but Python

24th December 2021

Advent Calendar Roundup 3

It’s Christmas Eve and the last day of this year’s Anvil Advent Calendar!

This week, we created an app to virtually decorate your cookies, a game demonstrating the classic Monty Hall Problem, an AI powered chatbot, and a whole heap of other apps.

Take a look at all the apps that we made this week.

17th December 2021

Advent Calendar Roundup 2

We’re now over halfway to Christmas, and this year’s Anvil Advent Calendar is in full swing. This week, we extended the Random Carol app with a Skip button, upgraded the Wishlist app (again!), generated some AI Christmas greetings, and much more.

10th December 2021

Advent Calendar Roundup 1

We’re 10 days into the Advent Calendar. We made a Pachinko Christmas tree, a North Pole weather dashboard, and even got robots to write cards for us!

Take a look at all the apps that we made so far.