Getting started

Our quick start tutorial will teach you how to quickly build a working web app from scratch. The tutorial will introduce you to the general concepts and key features of JitBlox. It is divided into three parts:

  1. Creating the application layout
  2. Navigating between pages
  3. Connecting the UI to data

Don't feel like following a tutorial? No problem, the docs will guide you...

You can start a new project in two ways: by creating a new project (either from scratch or from a template), or by using another project as a starting point.

Creating a new project

Go to the Create a new app page and select a project template, or choose Blank ... app to create a project from scratch. An empty project is initialized with a single component named App (root)*. The root component cannot be deleted, but you can rename it (the "root" suffix will always remain, however).

* Read more about components in our intro on component-based apps.

An empty JitBlox project
An empty JitBlox project

Copying an existing project

If you don't want to start from scratch, you can also save your own copy of another project that was made public by its creator. For example, you can take any of the projects from our list of example projects as a starting point. You can make changes to the application right-away, but if you want to keep your changes you will need to use the Save As... save_as button to save the project to your account.