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  1. Core Reference

Actions

Actions are the tasks that Bubble performs. All actions are part of a workflow.

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This core reference entry is suited for beginner-level builders.

To learn about this topic more in-depth, we recommend reading the suggested articles below:

Workflows

  • Article series:

    • Article:

    • Article:


Logic

Workflows is a part of the Logic series in the user manual.

  • Article series:

    • Article:

    • Article: Dynamic expressions are used both to set up conditions, and are highly useful in different actions that you may want to add to your workflows.

    • Article: Conditions are used to determine whether a workflow or action should run or not, by checking whether something is true.

    • Article series: Using workflows to let the user navigate between pages and page sections.


The frontend and backend

Frontend actions are actions that are triggered by your user interacting with your app, and backend actions are a part of workflows that are triggered and processed on the server in its entirety (such as API workflows).

The article below explores this topic:


Debugging

All apps have the occasional bug, and our debugging tools help you squish them efficiently. The debugger helps you go through workflows step by step to see how they perform and the values they return.

Actions give life to the app. They save data, charge credit cards, sign the user up, send emails, connect to external services, show elements, etc.

This section covers all of the actions in the core library and their respective parameters.

Other ways to learn

User manual articles

Actions

Workflows

Conditions

Dynamic expressions

Dynamic expressions are used both to set up conditions, and are highly useful in different actions that you may want to add to your workflows. If you are unfamiliar with this subject, we recommend reading through the guide below:

Debugging

All apps have the occasional bug, and our debugging tools help you squish them efficiently. The debugger helps you go through workflows step by step to see how they perform and the values they return.

Video lessons

Article:

Article series:

Bubble Academy: Bubble Academy: Getting started with Bubble:

: actions that manage user accounts

Account actions are actions that create and manage user accounts in your app.

If you are unfamiliar with how user accounts work in Bubble, you can explore the more in-depth article series below:

: navigating between pages and pausing/canceling workflows

Navigation actions are used to navigate between pages, send different kinds of data to those pages and to add delays or even terminate a workflow altogether.

If you want to learn more about the different ways you can set up navigation and send data in Bubble, you can check out the more in-depth user manual article series below. This series also covers how you can set up both Single-Page Apps (SPA) and multi-page apps.

creating, managing and deleting data in the database

Data actions work with your database to create, change and delete data.

If you want to learn more about how the database ands its related actions work, you can check out the more in-depth user manual article series below:

If you are new to app development, you may also be interested in learning more about how to structure your database. The two article series below give an introduction to database structuring, as well as a wide range of examples that cover different types of apps, written by expert Bubble developers:

: sending emails and calendar requests

Email actions let you format and send emails as well as calendar appointment requests.

Emailing in Bubble comes with some default settings, and the article below explains how you can customize those settings to suit your app's needs.

: actions related to the elements on your page

There are many ways in which you can use actions to work with your elements, such as (not an exhaustive list):

  • Showing and hiding

  • Animating

  • Scrolling to their position

  • Setting customs states

  • Load data into containers

  • Scroll repeating groups

If you are unfamiliar with what elements are or would like to know more in-depth how they work and are organized into a hierarchy, you can explore the user manual article series below:

: triggering custom events, recurring events and managing scheduled events

Using custom actions you can perform a lot of tasks related to how other events are triggered, such as:

  • Scheduling or triggering a with different parameters

  • Scheduling or canceling (workflows that run server-side)

  • Running recurring events (such as running a workflow every five seconds)

Actions are the tasks that are performed as part of a . They are triggered by an .

Article:

For a more in-depth look at how work, check out the article series below. This covers how to combine and actions to make your app respond to user interaction

Article series:

Conditions are used to determine whether a or action should run or not, by checking whether something is true. The article below covers how they work.

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Article series:

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The frontend and backend
Debugging your application
The Workflow Tab: Bubble Introduction Series [4/10]
Understanding Workflow Execution Rules
Workflows and logic: Getting started with Bubble
Account
List of account-related actions
User accounts
Navigation
List of navigation actions
Navigation
Data (things):
List of data actions
Data
Database structure
Examples of database structures for different types of apps
Email
List of email actions
Email settings
Element
List of element-related actions
Elements
Custom
List of custom actions
workflow
event
Actions
workflows
events
Workflows
workflow
Conditions
Dynamic expressions
Debugging your application
The Workflow Tab: Bubble Introduction Series [4/10]
Understanding Workflow Execution Rules
Workflows
Events
Actions
Logic
The frontend and backend
Dynamic expressions
Conditions
Navigation