Anvil Blog

Can you really build an application processing system, from a blank sheet of paper, in less than a week? That’s the amazing feat Baker Tilly managed earlier this year.

Imagine you’re a major accounting and consultancy firm. Your clients are hurting, and the US government just invented a new type of loan to provide relief. But nobody knows how to apply for – or issue – these loans, so you need to build a process from scratch.

Since 2011, it’s been harder for consumers in the US to pursue big companies for compensation when things go wrong.

Meredydd spoke to Teel and Brian from FairShake about how their consumer rights service is levelling the playing field between everyday people and big companies. And how Anvil helps them to move faster!

Seaborn is a Python plotting library based on Matplotlib. It gives you a set of simple plotting functions, and lets you access Matplotlib when you want to tweak things.

Its use of ’tidy data’ makes its interface especially neat, and you can even ask it for colours such as ’light eggplant' and ‘cloudy blue’! Here’s a guide to using it.

Protect your users, even if their passwords are compromised.

You can now add two-factor authentication to any Anvil app - all it takes is the tick of a box!

How long does it take to prototype a startup?

Stuart found out by rebuilding a working version of Calendly, the invaluable meeting scheduling app. And the answer is that you can be really fast, if you use the right tools.

It’s a two-thousand-mile race, across some of the most remote terrain in America. So how do you bring the action to the spectators?

We learned how this massive enterprise is coordinated – and how they use web apps to bring the audience along for the ride.

Plotly is a plotting ecosystem with powerful Python APIs that also includes client-side interactivity. Of course, this makes it a great fit for Anvil!

As part of our tour of Python plotting libraries, Shaun walks us through how to use Plotly from Python.

We keep getting asked, “Why did you open-source such a core part of your product?”

Meredydd explains why our open-source App Server was the best way to fix web development for more people – and doesn’t change Anvil’s business model as much as you might think.

We are excited to announce that the Anvil Runtime and App Server are now open source!

Export your app from the Anvil Editor and host it anywhere – the power is all yours.