Performance updates, the 2023 Bubble Plugin Report and PDFs
Editor’s Note: Hi there! I recently took over ownership of the Building with Bubble newsletter from the wonderful Marty. My name is Alex and I run Cranford Tech, a Bubble plugin development agency. The focus of this newsletter will be shifting slightly going forward. The plan is to send out weekly emails with news on everything happening in Bubble-land in addition to the lengthier tutorial articles that Marty specialised in. From January on, I’ll be sending these emails from the Cranford Tech account. I hope you’ll come with me, but if you want to unsubscribe no hard feelings :)
Performance Updates
Bubble developers got an early Christmas present on Wednesday when the Bubble team announced improvements in the way Bubble manages the execution of scheduled API workflows. The update means users shouldn’t notice any performance degradation when heavy backend workflows are being run - no longer any need to schedule your intensive workflows to run overnight!
This is a welcome update that will be particularly useful for developers working with complex apps involving a significant amount of API workflows.
The 2023 Bubble Plugin Report
We recently released The 2023 Bubble Plugin Report! It’s our review of everything that happened in the Bubble plugin marketplace in 2023. It’s packed full of interesting information on the plugin ecosystem, but here are some of the highlights:
The most installed Bubble plugins of 2023
The ever popular Toolbox plugin remains the most popular plugin around (by some distance)!
The most popular new plugins in 2023
*We’ve designated any plugin that was released in 2023 as being a ‘new’ plugin
If 2023 was a breakout year for AI, it’s maybe no surprise to see 4 AI-related plugins in the top 10 new plugins of 2023. Zeroqode’s Openai & ChatGPT plugin took the crown as 2023’s most popular new plugin.
Be sure to check out the full report for more insights.
New Tutorial: Create a PDF with a Header
We’ve released a few new tutorials recently on how to create beautiful PDFs in your Bubble app. Our latest video shows how you can add a header (with a company logo) to your PDFs.
Plugin Spotlight: Beautiful Maps - Mapbox
The Beautiful Maps - Mapbox plugin is one of our latest releases. It’s a powerful plugin for map-based apps, allowing you to build store locators, Google Map-style experiences and much more.
Starbucks Store Locator app built with Beautiful Maps - Mapbox plugin
Other stuff we liked
Gregory John’s mini tutorial on how to add dark mode to your Bubble app
Matt Neary is joining Basis as a co-founder!
Episode #21 of the No-Code SaaS podcast
See you in the new year!
Alex