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While I can see this as necessary, it will be devastating to those of us who are neither software engineers nor experienced in Java, but instead are community users and builders who rely on the low-code capabilities of Quickbase. Many of us utilize these fields and borrow by copying and pasting from other sources and adjusting to fit the needs of our applications.
We have numerous applications (hundreds) in our organization where we have utilized java script in buttons to consolidate manual processes and steps and to simplify the lives and the work of so many of our end users. While they seem so simple, so many of these buttons that we've created (combined with Actions, Webhooks, and Automations) have even knocked legacy systems out of contention when it has come down to replacing applications we have built with full-purpose programs. Simply due to the power behind a user clicking one button to generate multiple activities and saving time and energy by completing various tasks and steps that would otherwise have to be done manually.
I sincerely hope that Quickbase is looking at a way to natively allow users who are not familiar enough with java script and code pages to continue to utilize the low-code power of Quickbase to its fullest extent.
I apologize for the commentary and not necessarily adding any valued solutions or ideas to the comments section, but I felt the need to air what a huge blow this will be to many of us who are end-users turned app builders.
We have numerous applications (hundreds) in our organization where we have utilized java script in buttons to consolidate manual processes and steps and to simplify the lives and the work of so many of our end users. While they seem so simple, so many of these buttons that we've created (combined with Actions, Webhooks, and Automations) have even knocked legacy systems out of contention when it has come down to replacing applications we have built with full-purpose programs. Simply due to the power behind a user clicking one button to generate multiple activities and saving time and energy by completing various tasks and steps that would otherwise have to be done manually.
I sincerely hope that Quickbase is looking at a way to natively allow users who are not familiar enough with java script and code pages to continue to utilize the low-code power of Quickbase to its fullest extent.
I apologize for the commentary and not necessarily adding any valued solutions or ideas to the comments section, but I felt the need to air what a huge blow this will be to many of us who are end-users turned app builders.