I released the demo of my SaaS boilerplate. What do you think?
I've built a demo for Rocket, it's a Node.js Express React boilerplate for SaaS. I have integrated Authentication, User Management, and Stripe Subscriptions. Is the demo able to convey the features? What more features might be useful?
Thanks!
I really like these get-up-and-started-quickly templates.
But almost all seem to have legacy backend solutions. If you building a SaaS business and the core technologies are not strong enough you will have a problem. Here's my reasoning around some of the technical decisions in this SaaS boilerplate:
NoSQL - Most data is relational. Especially in a SaaS business. I would suggest working with a relational database, ex PostgreSQL.
REST - GraphQL is the future. Letting frontend developers ask for the data they need, in a graph format, fetching relational data with ease improves productivity and maintenance.
I've actually thought bout this long and hard. Building a lot of apps and (micro-)SaaS business in the past I was always looking for the best backend to go from idea to app quickly. Fast go to market was important. This become Nhost which is an Open Source Firebase alternative with an instant database and GraphQL API.
looks nice
the 'Logout' button/link in the middle of the left nav bar threw me off
b/c it threw me out :-D
i'd recommend put it only in the place people might expect it -- in the upper-right profile area maybe or similar.
Agreed! I felt it might be suitable for the demo to have all the features tougher.
congrats on the good job!
Thank you!
Looks great! Congrats on this effort.
I would buy this in a heartbeat if I had to start another project (and I'm a dev who has experienced the pain of having to write all this from scratch). My limitation at this point is that my backend is already set up and running with python, and my auth with firebase.
How easy would it be to just have the front-end part? ie. how coupled is it with Node, Mongo and Stripe?
Thank you for the feedback! I understand, but I wouldn't recommend buying just for the front-end, the real value is connecting the front end with the authentication, billing etc. I'm sure you'll find awesome front end templates and integrate with your back-end.
Best of luck for your project! Thanks!
Gave it a look and I'm quite impressed, I'm sure you'll have clients, especially for IH's who aren't necessarily coders and want to get their idea going.
I personally tend to stay away from these "generators" but that's because I'm a developer, I definitely see a market, for this. A lot of potential clients here on IH.
Thank you! A couple of existing customers are developers who want to jump straight to their core functionality and not worry about maintaining authentication and billing (see lifetime updates).
Nice!
Tiny (nit picky) suggestion: I too use undraw for some of my first projects and it's ok but the images you have look a little lacking in substance. I'd switch the two graphics in the demo to something with some more oomph :)
Thanks!
I'll update the images, not sure where to search for oomph though :').
Haha it's...an art. I don't pretend to be an expert but you get better the more you do it.
This is another good (and free) resource: https://www.manypixels.co/gallery
Thank you!
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Give a look at Dribbble and Fiverr you can get pretty good (not that common) illustration packs, and they have a perpetual license, meaning you can use them on multiple projects.
Thank you! I'll take a look.