Ask HN: Easiest low-code way to convert spreadsheet to app?

3 points by hhthrowaway1230 3y ago ↗ HN

For a client of mine I'm looking for a low code way to convert a complicated mortgage calculation spreadsheet (20 tabs/1000's rows) to an app so that the calculation happens in the excel but the output happens on a site/app frontend.

The spreadsheet is Microsoft xls. Ideally we can drag drop different components and make calculation/dashboards out of it having the excel as an engine on the backend.

Thank you!

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scottydelta 3y ago ↗

https://www.glideapps.com/ It's backed by Ycombinator. This is a commonly used app to convert spreadsheets into app.

It is suggested by many startup enthusiasts as a no-code tool to make quick app prototypes[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBO3_llLss

PaulHoule 3y ago ↗

There is a scripting interface for office that is pretty easy to use:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/tr...

You can do it with other web servers but it is dead easy to do with Microsoft's IIS and ASP.NET. I've written applications that have scripted Word from within a web server.

daltont 3y ago ↗

I have an interest in converting a set of interdependent Google Sheets that do lookups on each other into a deployable application where myself and not Google owns the data.

scottydelta 3y ago ↗

read my comment to do this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32331277

user7878 3y ago ↗

https://beta.sparklite.io/ Currently in bet

hhthrowaway1230 3y ago ↗

Here's some stuff from my research for anyone that needs something similar in the future.

Excel to ap

- http://molnify.com

- http://glideapps.com

- https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-micro...

- https://about.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app/

- https://www.openasapp.com