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UI tips: Creating dropdown actions in Retool

In this tutorial we show you a great UI tip in Retool - using table buttons to set up dropdown actions that save space in your apps.

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How to build an inventory management system with Retool & Xano

This tutorial will guide you to create a simple inventory management system using Xano API for your backend and Retool for your frontend.

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Integrating ‘Fillout’ forms into your Retool apps

In this tutorial, we connect the Fillout API to Retool to display form responses directly from a Retool app.

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Advanced permissions in Retool: The Fundamentals (Retool for Enterprises)

Permissioning for large-scale deployments can be complex, so in this article we break down the fundamentals of how Permissions work in Retool, and share some essential tips.

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Building the Steam UI on Retool (with template)

In the final release of our Retool UI inspiration series, we recreated the Steam interface. Newsletter members can download the template for free!

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Retool for Enterprises Part 1: The Basics

Retool is a powerful tool for enterprises yet many still struggle to build for scale. In this first article, we’ll cover essentials for enterprises, like how they can use Retool best, pricing plans and self-hosted vs cloud.

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Building interactive maps with OpenStreetMap API in Retool

The native Mapbox component in Retool offers powerful capabilities for building interactive maps, giving users the ability to visualize and work with geospatial data.

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Hubspot-inspired UI in Retool: CRM Template (with template)

We built a Hubspot-inspired CRM UI in Retool with some super useful features. Members can download the template for free!

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Retool Basics: Create a CRUD app for your data

This tutorial is an intro to the basics of Retool, including connecting to resources, setting up a basic CRUD app, and deploying your app with permissions.

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Plotly AI helper - Generate Plotly charts in Retool in seconds!

We built an AI chatbot to quickly generate Plotly charts inside of Retool according to user prompts. Newsletter members can download the chatbot module TypeScript for free!

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Charting in Plotly part III - Interactive charts

In part III of our Plotly guides, we’ll be focusing on creating not only useful charts, but highly interactive ones too. We'll also be making our chart functionality into a module.

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Charting in Retool with Plotly. Part II: The Sankey Diagram

In Part II, we share a case study of how we used Plotly to build a complex Sankey generator with a super user-friendly interface.

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Charting in Retool with Plotly. Part I: Line graphs step-by-step beginners guide

In this first part of the Plotly in Retool series, we’re going back to basics with the line/scatter chart and how to add more useful features like trend lines and annotations.

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UI tips for building efficient data dashboards in Retool

In this UI guide, we run through some practical tips and tricks to apply to your data dashboards and admin panels to ensure the best user experience for your team.

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Building a custom calculator using JavaScript & Retool

In this tutorial, we will show you how we built a complex Retool Pricing calculator so that you can too.

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Build an AI chatbot with custom knowledge base in <1 hour

Looking for a simple AI chatbot to help you quickly search many internal business resources? In less than an hour build an AI chatbot with a custom knowledge base in Retool.

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10 tips to increase speed and performance in Retool

In this article, we summarize 10 tips to help you speed up your Retool apps and ensure they stay performant.

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Build an inventory-tracking app on Supabase & Retool [pt. 2]

In part 2 of this tutorial, we use Retool and Supabase to build an inventory tracker in less than an hour.

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Build an order management system on Supabase (in <2 hours) [pt.1]

Supabase is a great backend option for business software. In this tutorial, we use Supabase and Retool to build an order-tracking app in just a couple of hours.

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Create a CRUD app from Google Sheets in <1 hour with Retool

Looking to level-up your Google Sheets data with a simple app? Using Retool you can build a useful CRUD in less than an hour, to increase functionality and keep your data more secure.

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Creating PDFs in Retool (4+ methods)

For many companies looking for Retool apps, PDF end products are essential. Here are 4+ options to generate PDFs within Retool.

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Building an AI-assisted customer support chatbot using Intercom and Retool AI

In this tutorial, learn to build an AI-supported customer chatbot app, connected to the Intercom.io API, which helps customer support agents by generating accurate, editable responses fast.

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Harvest Alternative: Building our team’s time tracker application in Retool

In this post, we tell you why we at Bold Tech created our own time tracker in Retool to replace Harvest, and a bit about how we built it.

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Making an HMAC hashing function with Crypto JS & Retool

In this tutorial we walk through how to make an HMAC hashing function in Retool using Crypto.js.

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