Motivation
Gartner predicts that by 2024, low-code application development will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity. (https://research.aimultiple.com/low-code-statistics/)
To achieve a truly exponential growth in number of developers, Cardano needs to take advantage of this no-code/low-code movement to allow anyone (so called citizen developers), not just experienced software engineers, to build end-to-end apps that connect to Cardano smart contracts.
While Marlowe with Blocky will allow Cardano developers to create contracts with no coding experience, this will not be enough as an enterprise application consists of many more connecting parts.

About us
We are building flycode, the most complete no-code platform and, while being long time Cardano fans, we think it might be the perfect way for our product to tackle blockchain integration, while also benefiting Cardano by combining our powerful no-code enterprise app creation tools with the Blocky extension of Marlowe for a truly end-to-end no-code experience. This no-barrier way of building apps connected to the blockchain will be a competitive advantage for Cardano.
We plan to launch flycode.io towards the end of this year, and while being a comercial solution it will also have a free tier with enough features for most blockchain apps usage requirements. To be notified about our launch you can leave us your email on our website :)

Use Cases

An interesting example of an app that you will be able to build end-to-end with flycode would be a decentralised borrow and lending platform. In this use case the workflow would work like this:

First create the neccesary smart contracts with Blocky and deploy them on Cardano
Then create a beautiful user interface to display the vaults, and user actions, using our drag&drop app editor
You now would be able to use the Cardano blockchain connector to link the user data & actions in the interface with the smart contracts on the blockchain through a browser wallet
You could also create user dashboards with visual charts to display APY information or earning predictions
Later in our roadmap, you will be able to use our AI&Data analysis tools to predict user actions or calculate earnings forecasts
The created app will be automatically hosted in the cloud and you will be able to publish updates
You could also take advantage of our other features that do not necessarily relate directly with the Cardano blockchain connector like: powerful database creation tools, automated workflows, the chat-bot creator and many more features that will roll our gradually in the next year.

Schedule

1st Phase - first month after receiving funds:

Design and plan the Cardano Blockchain Connector in accordance with the Cardano roadmap
Start wire-framing and prototyping

2nd Phase - second month after receiving funds, no more than 3 months prior to our release (subject to change depending on Cardano releases)

1st & 2nd month - Develop the first MVP of the Connector
3rd month - Test and refine the Connector

3rd Phase - Release and maintenance - Launch planned for December 16th 2021, private beta bill be available earlier

Budget

*The presented budget only refers to the Cardano Blockchain Connector module of our no-code solution

1st Phase

Design&Plan - $3600 (40 man hours * $45 hourly rate)

2st Phase

Developing - $14400 (2 full-time dev months * $45 hourly rate)
Testing&Refining - $3800 (40 dev hours * $45 hourly rate + 80 tester hours * $25 hourly rate )

3rd Phase

Cloud Servers - $3600 (3 bare-metal servers * $100/month * 12 months average - to accommodate the free tier for the Cardano Blockchain apps, after the first year we will support these costs ourselves)

Key Objectives and Definition of Success

In the first 3 months we plan to gain popularity amongst blockchain developers / no-code enthusiasts and have at least 10 applications developed on our platform using the Cardano Blockchain Connector
After 6 months we expect 30 Cardano apps, which will serve as success stories to attract new developers to start developing on Cardano using no code.
We expect at least 100 Cardano apps up and running in the first 12 months after release

*If you're a blockchain enthusiast / developer / UI/UX Designer, you like our idea and you're interested in a collaboration please send me you're CV/portfolio at the contact information found on my GitHub account: https://github.com/MarianFilipovici

Thank you for considering our idea :)

Monthly report

January 14, 2023 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=13Lw3gxIDkOFOLPZdwNS_wuACmsx16W5d https://drive.google.com/open?id=11XQMCCKYPu7esqq6u8W1LZqGmJLKDdvC https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QcoDbN1hz9S75hdg8fPi0r1uVG34d-fM

Summary

Since the last report, we mainly worked on our platform internal workings and features. We didn't continue on the cardano part, as we are still waiting for that major library update, described above. On our platform's side, we have accomplished many features, especially with integrations with other platforms (not neccesarily related to blockchain), which will also benefit the cardano connector module's users, by making their apps capabilities interact with other platforms (such as google emails, calendars, youtube, spotify, etc). We also heavily improved the user's authentication module, finally making the cardano apps more secure.

October 15, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IyNRZ31m6KbvQVYlQOFQ4vPJJ41eee1x https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o8jq1iLAItraDMVnhhamMS1ZudYPu-G9

Summary

In september (this report is for last month) we mostly put the cardano part of our project on hold, as we waited for the alonzo update. Although we continued working on the platform that is not neccesary related to cardano. We accomplished huge upgrades to the platform regarding the UI, API code generation and devops work.

August 24, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rtMyJ0nb6pvu9qP4TMFEU515ekKxsCWK https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QidlLqk21Ts_NIU6ufRpPBBIDFTQ3P4e https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tev2qn-Ixl7KCdX0gQShjeNHfwVm6tUD

Summary

We are very glad to see our product taking shape. We also had the pleasure to collaborate with other community members, we use some open source cardano libraries, and we have contributed to them with some pull requests too.

July 28, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1StlakNCecTV8uLntyYjVcXm83Kn1hgJN

Summary

Since last time we focused on provisioning the cloud instances and some DevOps tasks in preparation for the launch. We made sure the project can run online, and any app that the users create can be hosted online, and accessible at a public URL using https. The screenshot demonstrates the platform running on our test domain.

June 18, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 09/01/2022

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FblA7FBZU9fmJGxlVq8VmCWNU7TT1-9s https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y8z3niibYUKFbMtXldhvawJpZtAyBg6B

Summary

Although progress is a bit slower since we ran out of the funding, we are still 100% committed to releasing the project and we can't wait to show to the world what cool integrations will be possible with our platform. We shared some screenshots, first with out API builder that is growing rapidly and allows combining Cardano blockchain information with a no-code api, enabling powerful integrations, and second about the easy integration with blockfrost api (in no-code also).

May 24, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: 07/01/2022

April 30, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: 06/30/2022

March 26, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 06/30/2022

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AMN1UYbwAscf13feyg6DllZo_Wb7GAn9 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WaPLWaX1E_BHPwZj3aj8arq280XulA1i https://drive.google.com/open?id=1beAUj4ioyptE6nXQ9kh1xu4akAk-7t7U

Summary

- We've attached a few printscreens with our no-code workflow builder that allows pulling blockchain information to use in the visual page editor. (Please keep them private as nothing is yet public). - Although we are behind our original roadmap, and the building of this platform proved more complex and challenging than initially estimated, we are proud and happy with what we've achieved so far. We can't wait for the release, and to show the world just how easy app development can get, and especially blockchain integration with cardano.

Team

10 yrs avg experience in software dev.

3 yrs in the no-code industry

1 year since we started developing the most complete no-code platform

Marian F

Website

https://www.flycode.io/

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