Dear valuable members and users,
For a long time I’m seeing a lot of multiple and concurrent posts, posts like novels seeming to aim the Pulitzer Price, exactly the same questions by the same user but paraphrased/re-phrased etc. Being a dedicated community member and an AppSheet developer who is reading around 2.5K posts per day, I urged myself to tip on some good advice and best practice BEFORE posting something in the community:
#1 - APPSHEET DOCUMENTATION
AppSheet has a very good help documentation vested to the users and the community. Kudos to @Steve, these pages are very well documented and updated time to time. Please search and read those docs well, experiment the expressions and techniques described within, make your hands dirty, pour some sweat first before posting anything.
#2 - APPSHEET SAMPLE APPS
AppSheet has a very resourcefull SAMPLE APPS page. You can check this page out to see provided a similar app fits your requirements. If one of them deems fit, than it’s a very good opportunity to copy that app and develop your own onto it rather than starting from scratch.
#3 - HOW TO BUILD AN APP
AppSheet offers very good resources to learn how to build an app with AppSheet. I may humbly advise to start with these and then come-up with questions.
You can also check Udemy for free course as well
#4 - USE K.I.S.S. AT ALL TIMES
There is absolutely no need to create a post like a novel bespangled with over 10-15 images etc. Believe me neither Google nor AppSheet will nomenee you for the Pulitzer price. There are very talented and experienced developers and community members who can catch what you are talking about even from a single screenshot. Use K.I.S.S. technique at all times and try to explain the major problem without bunch of irrelevant details.
Bear in mind that, no one in the community has the ability to foresee the future nor we have the magic sphere to see what you have built, your sheet structure, your table schema etc. Provided you are asking something technical, try to support the question with 1 or 2 screenshots.
#5 - AVOID CREATING CONSEQUENT AND/OR CONCURRENT POSTS
I notice consequent and concurrent posts on the same issue repeatedly. When you post a question, please be patient to receive a reply for it. Provided your question is not replied somehow, there might be several reasons for that. Re-posting the same questions with the same header or just with switching words again’n’again does not guarantee that you will be receiving faster replies at all. Besides no any one is urged to reply your post. If someone knows a solution, or wants to reply, he and she ultimately will. No worries; creating a reply under your original/initial post will already be noticed in the dashboard. Please save your time and save ours as well!
#6 - SEARCH THE COMMUNITY POSTS
AppSheet Community is one of the largest knowledgebase you can find regarding AppSheet developement. Please get a habit of using the magnifying glass on upper right corner and search for possible posts, solutions, tips&tricks etc. regarding your problem before posting yours. Please also pay attention that, even when you are creating a new post, on the preview pane right hand side, the discource offers you possible posts where your typed content is matching. So use it!!
#7 - DISTINGUISH APPSHEET SUPPORT FROM PRO-BONO
I got a severe feedback from a member, telling that “he is paying AppSheet to get this support”. Please distinguish the services between Official AppSheet Technical Support whom can always be reached via support@appsheet.com and Pro-bono Community Services. We are all here on voluntary basis, our acts are totally pro-bono, we are not paid at all by AppSheet. We are all here because we love to share and help people, that’s all. So please do not treat any one in the community that he/she is obliged to help. Bear in mind that no one in the community is your child to be yelled at when someone is not giving what you asked or required. Please be gentle, kind and nice!
Thanks for reading and consideration.
