Engage project stakeholders with your app designs using always-available previews

Today we're checking the last box on our our roadmap to release 1.0 😀: always-available previews. With this new project setting, you can choose to keep the preview of your app online, making your prototype available to other project members or clients at their convenience.

If you're not familiar with JitBlox, it's an online environment that accelerates the design and prototyping of modern component-based web applications. JitBlox lets you generate working prototypes interactively and without coding, giving you a jump-start on your next web project.

JitBlox already offers an interactive design experience by providing several real-time previews (a widget preview, a custom component preview and a full preview of your app). However, we understand that feedback from clients and other project members is just as important to the success of your project. That's why we've now made it easier for others to view the latest version of your app when it suits them.

Enabling always-available preview on a project

You can preserve your app's preview through the project's settings panel. Click the "Make always available" button, confirm your choice and you're done.

That's all it takes. Your prototype is now ready to be shared with others. The preview is only accessible to project members (unless your project is public) and is kept up to date automatically. It can be accessed from any device.

Note that project settings can only be changed by users with project admin privileges.

Sharing the preview with others

You can share the preview with anyone who has access¹ to the project. For this purpose, the Share share dialog has been extended to include the unique URL of your app's preview:

In addition, project members can also open the preview directly from their dashboard for projects where this feature is enabled.

¹ Read more about inviting new project members in a previous blog post.

Get started today for free

The always-available preview is a JitBlox Pro feature that you can still try for free for the coming weeks by joining our free early access plan, with no strings attached and no credit card required, but...

Stay tuned for the official launch of JitBlox 1.0 🚀!

Now that the last feature on our roadmap to JitBlox 1.0 has gone into beta, this important milestone is getting nearer. We will soon announce the official launch date on this blog and through other channels. Stay tuned for updates on the official launch and on benefits for our valued Early Access Plan participants!

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