Getting started with Starhive part 3 - user interfaces

Getting started with Starhive > part 3 - user interfaces

The last major part of your Starhive app is your user interface. You need to decide how users will interact with your app, i.e. your user interface.

There are different ways you can do this in Starhive. They are:

1. Use the default Starhive user interface
2. Create your own user interface and connect it with Starhive
3. Coming soon: design your own drag-and-drop user interface in Starhive

You could also use a mix. For example, create your own user interface for your customers to use, but use the default Starhive user interface as an admin panel to do any manual actions in your app, such as deciding if a request will be approved or not. 

We will go through each step one by one. 

1. Use the default Starhive user interface

Starhive provides a number of different views along with filters and dashboards that let you interact with your data and update it manually as needed.

In this video we will see an example of different views you can create and how someone might work in Starhive.

2. Create your own user interface and connect it with Starhive

You can create user interfaces for your Starhive app from scratch if you have the know-how or have access to an engineer who does. Your user interface can be connected using the Starhive API. 

Alternatively, you can use tools like Wix or WordPress and connect those to Starhive via tools like Zapier for a low-code alternative. 

Here is a video of a simple request form created using Wix and Zapier that can be shared with external users to create requests in Starhive. 

3. Coming soon! Drag-and-drop interface builder in Starhive

To make it easier to create user interfaces for your Starhive apps, our engineers are hard at work at adding new widgets to our interfaces tab to let you create custom user interfaces without the need for external tools or APIs. We will start with a form widget for creating objects. 

Need a hand?

If you still have questions about using Starhive, please get in touch at help@starhive.com. Our product experts will be happy to help you out.