Datapod is a framework that allows you to keep notes in a text file in any form you like
Datapod's unique feature: your text file is the database
a Datapod website will convert your free-form notes to rich, strongly-typed data
record notes however you want, Datapod takes care of the parsing
Datapod solves that problem of difficult-to-manage data
no forms, no databases, just text in any form you like
you change your data in any text editor you like
simply keep your notes a text file, save, and watch them appear correctly ordered, filtered, formatted and styled on your website
Examples
Tutorial Notes Website (one item per file)
one file for each video tutorial
the text in the file contains the data records fro that video tutorial
Comprehensible Output Website (multiple items per file)
one file for each language
each language file has multiple items, each representing a text for a specific day
System Administrator Management Application (SQLite datasource with Datapod text-format input/output)
this was a web application I made in 2018 to manage my tasks as a system administrator
the datasource is not text files as in the above examples, but an SQLite database with a table for each items, e.g. howtos, tasks, uses, etc.
but the website enables easy import and export as Datapod text
in fact, this is how I am editing the web page you are reading
I edit it in a text file
when I want to update the website, I copy and paste past this file into Datapod's "batch import" box
when I click on "update" the all the howtos are automatically saved in an extremely large JSON file (800+ howtos) which sets a pipeline in motion that updates my Next.js website at Vercel
Datapod 2024 (mulitple items per file with schema)
add a new item based on schema
refresh page and item will be added and appear in numerous formats
and your text file will be updated with system fields and field prefixes
Datapod 2025 - 10 frameworks in 10 backend languages
