Airtable: Your First Real Database
Stop using spreadsheets. Learn Airtable and how it thinks about data.
Lesson Notes
Airtable is the best "fake backend" for beginners — it looks like a spreadsheet but thinks like a database. Key differences from Google Sheets: (1) Typed fields — each column has a type (text, number, date, attachment, linked record). (2) Views — the same data shown as grid, kanban, calendar, gallery. (3) Linked records — you can relate tables to each other like a real database. Airtable is perfect for prototyping data models before you build the real backend.
Your Challenge
+10 XPCreate a free Airtable account. Build a base called "My Products" with a table that has: Name (text), Price (currency), Category (single select: Physical/Digital), In Stock (checkbox). Add 5 records. Switch between Grid, Gallery, and Kanban views.