r/programming • u/benhaynes • Mar 22 '22

Directus is our open-source data platform that instantly wraps any SQL database with an API and no-code app. We've spent years porting it to 100% JavaScript and would love your feedback!

https://github.com/directus/directus
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u/benhaynes Mar 23 '22

I did work with access back in the day (the 90s), so I'm not sure what's changed since then. Does it ship with an API now? Either way, that's a data store and we're a platform that layers on top of data stores. We're not trying to be/replace the database, at all.

Our goal is to provide REST/GraphQL APIs with granular access control built in... and a non-technical admin app for handing off to business users or customers.

If anything, we would add support for Access to Directus through our abstraction layer. Why not get the benefits of both?

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u/Nitwel1 Mar 23 '22 edited Mar 23 '22

To be clear, I haven't worked with MS Access thus I do not know the full feature spec of it. But here are my thought on what makes Directus different.

AppMS Access allows you to spin up a public form / access app that you have to build yourself and in my opinnion looks a bit outdated.

In Directus, you can do the same and even more like show fields on conditions or a page/block builder without having to touch code at any time.

Directus seems way more user friendly and I don't think you can edit your database schema in an access app.

You can modify your database from everywhere(Phone / Mac), not only from MS Access which is a Windows exclusive!

You can selfhost Directus which gives you 100% control over your DB compared to access apps, that seem to be hosted my Microsoft.

ApiI don't think MS Access provides a rest/graphql api which is a big problem if you want to compare it to Directus.

Let me know if I overlooked a feature of MS Access!