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Vu Nguyen
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No Code Website Builder

What & why & how?

No Code Website is almost a trend in the modern era.. This is the website that generated by non coder. It approach to audience who is not understand too much about technical or coding. We have a lot of tool on market support for creating it.

In this article, I’m going to analyze Builder.io. It appears to be a platform that caters to both developers and marketers for building web and mobile experiences. Break it down into components to briefly see how a similar product can be built easily.

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The output

First, let's look at what can be made using Builder.io

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(See in details at amo & rentacrate)
Allowing non-technical users to easily create an ecosystem of personalized pages without developers. Custom content web page with personal requirement.


The design concept

Every marketer or no-code builder when using builder.io always has a fundamental design concept that dictates how creations are structured, saved, and displayed. Let's dive into the core building blocks of builder.io:

  • Page: The foundation of your Builder.io experience. A Page represents a web page or a section within a larger website. It acts as the canvas where you can drag-and-drop various elements to design your layout. When rendered on a browser, a Page translates to an HTML document with specific sections and styles.

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  • Section: Provides a way to modularize your Page design. Sections allow you to group related elements and create a more organized structure. You can define unique styles and layouts for each Section, offering greater design flexibility. In the rendered HTML, Sections become nested elements within the Page's overall structure.

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  • Component: The building blocks that populate your Sections and Pages. Builder.io offers a vast library of pre-built components, we can some built-in components including text boxes, buttons, images, forms, videos, and more on the left setting page

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If you don’t like using some built-in components above, you can easily custom them. each component comes with customizable properties that allow you to tailor its appearance and functionality to your needs. When rendered, components translate to HTML elements with specific styles and functionalities based on your configuration.

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I will have a blog show you how to build a custom blog on Builder.io

  • Global Styles: Builder.io empowers you to establish a consistent look and feel across your entire website. Global Styles encompass typography choices, color palettes, and other design elements that can be applied to all Pages and Components within your Builder.io project. This ensures design consistency and reduces the need for repetitive styling.

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While editing a specific Page, you can also access Global Styles within the Style tab. Look for the "Global Styles" section on the right side of the Style tab panel.


The content

Building Blocks for No-Code Creation

  • Component Library: Builder.io boasts a rich library of pre-built components, serving as the building blocks for your web experiences.
  • Deployment & Hosting (Implicit): Builder.io simplifies the deployment process. Builder.io often handles deployment implicitly within its plans. You can typically connect your Builder.io project to a custom domain and hosting provider, or leverage Builder.io's built-in hosting options
  • Dashboard: Builder.io provides a dedicated dashboard for managing your projects, users, and settings.
  • Serializer: The Serializer acts behind the scenes, transforming your drag-and-drop actions into clean, maintainable code that renders beautifully on browsers.

πŸ‘‰πŸ» What's next?

I hope this article gives you an idea of how a no-code platform can be built by using Builder.io πŸ™

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