Planning your data structure

If workflows are the brain of your application, then the database is the heart. Planning the database can make or break your application – you don’t want to build the wrong database structure and discover that too late. It is OK to fail, but planning can help reduce errors. To plan your database, you can use specific tools created for that, such as LucidChart, or you can use pen and paper, Google spreadsheets, or tools such as Miro. It doesn’t matter how complex or professional your database plan looks, so long as the structure makes sense. Now, databases are a complex area when using no-code tools since they come from the development world, and you are probably not going to be a database expert or become one overnight. Databases can become complex easily, so don’t put too much pressure on yourself, especially at the beginning.

Before building your app, just try to write down what types of data you are going to store and how...