Codebots blog.

What are SQL CRUD operations?

Eban Escott, 13 October 2020

Databases are great! They allow you to store data on a disk so that it can be accessed again later. A computer's memory is not usually large enough to hold all the data associated with an application so it must be stored. The Structured Query Language (SQL) is a domain specific language for managing this data.

How do you test your CRUD operations?

Eban Escott, 08 October 2020

Testing is the key to great quality software and it can be seriously hard to do. Some developers skip this all important step for a number of reasons, one of those reasons could be that they do not know how to test something. Well, that excuse is now out, in this article we follow through a solid test plan for CRUD operations and by the end of this article you will be testing like a pro.

What are CRUD operations?

Eban Escott, 29 September 2020

Create, read, update and delete, also known as CRUD, are the central functions to developing any app. In this article, we explain what CRUD operations are and their importance in software development.

Codebots sponsors the Women in Technology awards

Indi Tansey, 10 September 2020

We believe that everyone should have a seat at the table when creating the technology that shapes our world and that's why we support fantastic industry groups like Women in Technology. Check out the video made by our team.

Impactr inspires youth-led change with Codebots-powered app

Indi Tansey, 31 August 2020

Changing the world is a massive undertaking, but someone has to do it and why shouldn't it be us? And why wouldn't we use technology, community and the power of bots to speed the whole process up?

Ksatria Medical System: A software estimation case study

Eban Escott, 31 August 2020

Read all about how Codebots helped international development company, Ksatria, migrate their legacy medical system.

How you can build an app in 30 minutes: a workshop with Codebots

Tessa Holland, 25 August 2020

Learn how to build an app in 30 minutes with Codebots!

Meet the sustainability scientist behind the Codebots Climate Action app

Indi Tansey, 19 August 2020

Chris Dey has spent 20 years building clunky carbon calculators in spreadsheets but now he has teamed up with Codebots to bring these tried and tested concepts to life. The result is a web app that can map your expenditure as a business to your carbon footprint. In this interview he shares the history, the ideas and the future of measuring impact.

Meet the ambitious CEO building an app to ignite drastic change

Indi Tansey, 19 August 2020

Johannah Maher is the CoFounder and CEO of IMPACTR, a behaviour-changing application that enlists young experts to move the world to take small actions and ignite drastic change. She is building her app on the Codebots platform with the help of delivery partner, WorkingMouse.

Climate Action App: Creating and Estimating the Product Backlog (Part 5)

Indi Tansey, 05 August 2020

Next step is to write out our requirements and estimate the work involved in building the CAA app. This is article five in the climate action app series.

Climate Action App: Ideating and prototyping the solution (Part 4)

Indi Tansey, 07 July 2020

This article explores the Ideate and Prototype phases of the Codebots scoping process, and how we used them to help build on our ideas for the Climate Action App.

Plan has had an upgrade!

Tessa Holland, 02 July 2020

Take a look at the new features which are included in our latest release of the Plan section of the Platform. Plan now has acceptance criteria, status based checklists, commenting, and concurrent editing! It is now easier than ever to manage your team's Way of Working.

Climate Action App: Observing to Learn (Part 3)

Indi Tansey, 24 June 2020

Now that we have our problem and our team ready to go, it is time to dive into scoping! This article explores the Observe phase of our scoping process, and how we did it for the Climate Action App.

Climate Action App: Assembling the Team (Part 2)

Indi Tansey, 17 June 2020

Let's take a look at the process of putting our team together and getting our app on Codebots. This is Part 2 in the Climate Action App series where we build out a carbon emissions calculator for small/medium businesses.

Software Estimation Qualification

Tessa Holland, 27 May 2020

We've turned our software estimation series into an Academy qualification. Now you can learn everything you need to know about estimating your software projects successfully, all in one place!

Codebots just got faster!

Tessa Holland, 21 May 2020

Introducing some very exciting new features in platform release 2.16.4.0. The bots are now faster, the app creation process is easier, and a bunch of bugs have been resolved, which hopefully should make things easier.

Climate Action App: Understanding the Problem (Part 1)

Indi Tansey, 14 May 2020

In this blog, we dive into the 'Understanding the problem' activity to get a better idea of what problem we are trying to solve by building a carbon emissions calculator on Codebots. This is part one in the Climate Action App Series.

What are the best work from home collaboration tools?

Indi Tansey, 01 May 2020

These are the collaboration tools that I'm finding really helpful as I make the transition to remote working in this new future of work. From virtual whiteboards to digital approvals there is a tool to make your remote life easier!

C#Bot 1.2.0.0 Release

Tessa Holland, 23 April 2020

A new version of C#Bot has been released, bringing in File and Image upload capabilities, along with a new question tiles and validation for Forms.

Codebots at QUT's NextGen Startup Weekend

Brodie O'Carroll, 07 April 2020

QUT's Startup Weekend invited the [Next Gen]eration of budding entrepreneurs to realise opportunities, embrace creativity, build resilience, and be courageous. In just 54 hours, experience the exhilaration of building a startup that could change the world.