AnvilWhat is Anvil?
Anvil is a platform for building and hosting full-stack web apps written entirely in Python. Drag & drop your UI, then write Python on the front-end and back-end to make it all work. Web development has never been this easy (or fast)!
Anvil is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Drag and drop UI builderFull-stack PythonClient-side PythonBuilt-in databaseBuilt-in user authenticationSimple integration with existing services and codeOn-site installation supportedExpose REST APIs with one line of codeRich set of UI components: Forms, plotting, maps, and moreBuilt-in support for all your favourite Python packagesSimple but powerful version controlTeam collaborationActive Directory integration
Anvil Pros & Cons
Pros of Anvil
- ✓Fast dashboards deployment
- ✓Open source
- ✓Python everywhere
- ✓Drag-and-drop UI builder
- ✓Easy to deploy
- ✓Quickly deploy a full stack
- ✓Create PDFs easily
Cons of Anvil
No cons listed yet.
Anvil Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Anvil?
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.
Google App Engine
Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.
Apache Camel
An open source Java framework that focuses on making integration easier and more accessible to developers.
