# Recap: Deploying Glide apps to the field

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/recap-deploying-glide-apps-to-the-field/62850
**Category:** General
**Created:** [June 1, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/recap-deploying-glide-apps-to-the-field/62850 "2023-06-01T04:00:00Z")
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### Author: ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/recap-deploying-glide-apps-to-the-field/62850/1 "2023-06-01T04:00:00Z")

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​ **How do you go from building Glide apps for your company to starting a no-code agency?** 👀

​Brian Banks and Cliff Switzer came together to [build internal Glide apps at Lone Star Communications](https://www.glideapps.com/customers/lone-star-communications). They loved it so much, they started their own agency called ProApptiv to build apps for others.

- ​ProApptiv uses Glide, Open AI, and other top app tools to create custom mobile apps
- ​They’ve built 50+ apps for everything from contact management to private group chat
- ​Each app takes less than 4 weeks to build, on average

In this Build With Glide session, we covered:

- ​Why the duo started their own Glide agency
- ​Demos of their top apps and how they work
- ​Advice for aspiring Glide app builders

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/6/66e4ad6ee473b746b8c4cbeb1ad26113c5cfe779.jpeg "Starting a no-code agency & building field apps with ProApptiv | Build With Glide") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NttE8_ScZ9E)

Key takeaways:

**Starting ProApptiv**

- Brian Banks and Cliff Switzer started the no-code app development agency after using Glide to build Techstar for technicians at Lone Star Communications.
- They identified many use cases and built Glide apps to address them.
- They created ProApptiv to offer solutions to various industries through proactive app building.

**Xzibit app**

- Created for people attending conferences to collect information on exhibitors.
- Users can add exhibitors and their contact information, take videos and pictures, and add to an image gallery.
- Exhibitor logos are scraped from their websites and added to the app automatically.

**LogIt app**

- Built for field technicians to track their progress on projects.
- Users can add projects, floors, rooms, and tasks, and the app calculates the percentage of completion.
- The app uses gauge images that change as tasks are completed.

**Newsletter app**

- Created for organizations to send newsletters to their members.
- Users can add articles, images, and links to each newsletter.
- The app automatically generates a unique link for each member to view.

**Thank you to Brian and Cliff from ProApptiv for joining us!**

- [Learn more about ProApptiv](https://www.proapptiv.com/)
- [Follow ProApptiv on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/proapptiv/)
- [Follow ProApptiv on Twitter](https://twitter.com/proapptiv)

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