# SAAS Builder

A simple framework or boilerplate that will provide everything you need in order to build a SAAS application.

Everything must be procedurally generated based on configuration.

Items required for a SAAS application:

* Web application
* Mobile application
* Marketing Website
* Sign-up and payment
* Authentication
* backend business logic
  * CRUD
  * Specialized views and queries
  * Actions a user can take
  * Regularly scheduled tasks
  * Rule based events - trigger an action on a preset state (could supersede the scheduled tasks)
* Data storage
  * Access rules
* File/Object storage
  * Upload/Download
  * Access rules
* Integration with external application specific tools and services for ingestion (e.g. Domo Workbench, Weave Sync App, Parentlink Data app, etc)
* Notifications - send to frontend
* Send messages via email, SMS, Slack, or other chat applications
* Event streams - for internal and external consumption
* Audit logging - for user actions
* System logging and monitoring
* System monitoring for uptime and maintenance
* User feedback system
* Support systems - chat, phone, email, ticketing
* Sales - lead gen, demoing, closing, onboarding

Can everything be based on a single 'Entity' object that gets augmented with features when the config calls for it?

Let's run through some examples.

Some examples of entities are:
* users
* pages
* blog articles
* tasks
* Notifications
* Photos
* Permissions
* Customers
* Addresses
* Passwords
* SMS Messages
* SMS Threads
* Databases
* DB Tables
* Charts
* Preferences
* Forms
* Form Fields
* User Actions
* System Actions
* Micro Services
* Support Tickets
* Templates

I'm trying to think through how I'd go about building a page with dynamic content on it. Let's keep it simple first. And build a basic blog.
* Create an entity and set its name to be a 'page'.
* Properties for the page will include a name
* Features would include a template that renders blog articles with pagination
* Child entities would include blog articles

I asked ChatGPT to come up with some example page types that I would need to implement and here is what it came up with:

* Login/Authentication Views: For user login, registration, password recovery, and multi-factor authentication.
* Profile/User Account Views: For user settings, profiles, and account management.
* Admin/Settings Views: For configuring application settings, roles, and permissions.
* Settings/Preferences Views: For user preferences and application configurations.
* Form Views: For data entry, including creating, editing, and submitting forms.
* Wizard/Step-by-Step Views: For multi-step processes such as onboarding or checkout flows.
* Wizard/Step-by-Step Views: For guiding users through a process with multiple steps.
* Table/Grid Views: For displaying tabular data with sorting, filtering, and pagination.
* Search/Filter Views: For advanced search functionalities with filtering options.
* Notifications/Activity Feed Views: For displaying alerts, notifications, and activity logs.
* Inbox/Message Views: For managing messages, emails, or chat interfaces.
* Modal/Popup Views: For transient interactions like alerts, confirmations, and quick data entry.
* Error/Empty State Views: For handling errors, no data, or empty states gracefully.
* Calendar Views: For scheduling, booking, and time management features.
* Charts/Graphs Views: For visualizing data with different types of charts (e.g., bar, line, pie).
* Reports/Analytics Views: For detailed reports and analytics with drill-down capabilities.
* Card Views: For summarizing information in a card format, useful for dashboards and overviews.
* Map Views: For geographic data representation, such as location tracking or service areas.
* Help/Support Views: For providing user assistance, FAQs, and support ticket submission.
* Documentation Views: For displaying manuals, guides, and documentation.
* Landing Page/Marketing Views: For public-facing marketing pages with promotional content.

Lower priority views
* Kanban Board Views: For project and task management with drag-and-drop functionality.
* Tree Views: For hierarchical data structures, such as file explorers or organizational charts.
* Gallery Views: For displaying images or media content in a grid or masonry layout.