Stewart Rutledge2025-05-01

Developing H5 Apps is Faster Than You Think, Part 2

Keeping with the H5 development theme, I spent another 30 minutes this morning working on the customer item app I shared yesterday.

In that time, I was able to:

- Add filtering for items

- Make bulk item additions easier

- Enable copying items from one customer to another, complete with an autocomplete that ensures a valid customer is selected

At this point, after about 2 hours of total dev time, the app can now create, delete, and assign items to customers.

You could build something like this using third-party tools, IEC, or ION—but I think there are a few big advantages to doing it with an H5 app:

- The user never leaves M3, so it feels like a natural part of the workflow

- No servers, file shares, or authentication setups—everything runs directly in the M3 interface.

- Easy deployment across environments—DEV → TST → UAT → PRD is simple and consistent

And since it’s all written in code and tracked in version control, it’s easy to test features in parallel, roll changes between versions, or collaborate on improvements without friction.

I’m planning to keep iterating on this app and see how far it can go with just a few more hours of effort.

If you’ve got ideas for features you’d want to see in a tool like this, or a different H5 app altogether, send them our way!

And if you’re curious about how H5 development could solve similar problems in your org, feel free to reach out.

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