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Hi everyone, I’m new here and i’m trying to develop an app about an idea I have in my head for a while now. And instead of waiting, I’m going to try to do it myself. I was suggested that Glide was the best place to start and so i’m learning what I can everyday.

I am, however, stuck in setting the variables. Users will have to introduce Sex, country, age, and other variables but let’s start with these ones. I set columns for these variables in a “users” table with the help of AI. But I’m a bit lost in how to define “sex” as a choice between male and female or create a list of all countries to choose one from. I asked AI and it’s telling me there’s a “cog” like icon next to “sex” or “country” tab but I’ve been yesterday all afternoon searching for it and I don’t see it anywhere. It’s so silly that I don’t know if I’m blind or I don’t know.

So, please help. After understanding these mechanics, the rest will be easier as I will apply a formula to these variables.

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AI will only get you so far. It’s good at making things up that don’t exist. There is nothing you can change with the column itself that stores the value.

What you really need is a separate table that contains all of your choices in rows. When you add a choice component to the screen, you set it up so it’s source is the table with the choices and you write the selected value to column in your user table.

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This is the draft table I have, helped by AI. If i understand you, I have to create another table, besides this one, set all the variables in columns and the appropriate choices in rows. Correct? And then i set a choice component in the layout tab?

Thanks for replying Jeff

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Correct. For example you would need a table that contains all of the country names in rows, and another table that has a row for male and a row for female. Those tables will be the source for your choice components in the screen.

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AI can be wonderful and it is advertised everywhere, so it’s tempting to use.

If you are starting out building on Glide, I’m not convinced it’s a good idea to rely on AI too much. To me that would be like putting an exoskeleton on a toddler to teach them how to walk. I might be a little traditional, but I think the toddler will be better off trying on its own and falling in its tushy hundreds of times. Sometimes there are no cutting corners.

Ideas to get started:

  1. Try building, make mistakes, correct, and iterate hundreds of times.
  2. Read and watch tutorials at Glide Docs or Glide University
  3. Watch tutorials on YouTube

(This is probably not going to age well :slightly_smiling_face:)

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Thank you Jeff and Nathan! I am getting the hang of it… as for now.

I expect failure… until success :sweat_smile:

Won’t be the last time I ask for guidance but thank you!

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