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Actions

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.
​Account: actions that manage user accounts
Account actions are actions that create and manage user accounts in your app.
​List of account-related actions
If you are unfamiliar with how user accounts work in Bubble, you can explore the more in-depth article series below:
User manual article: User accounts​
​Data (things): creating, managing and deleting data in the database
Data actions work with your database to create, change and delete data.
​List of data actions​
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:
User manual article series: Data​
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:
User manual article series: Database structure User manual article series: Examples of database structures for different types of apps​
​Email: sending emails and calendar requests
Email actions let you format and send emails as well as calendar appointment requests.
​List of email actions​
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.
User manual article series: Email settings​
​Element: 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
​List of element-related actions​
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:
User manual article series: Elements​
​Custom: 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 custom event with different parameters
  • Scheduling or canceling API workflows (workflows that run server-side)
  • Running recurring events (such as running a workflow every five seconds)
​List of custom actions​

Other ways to learn

User manual articles

Actions

Actions are the tasks that are performed as part of a workflow. They are triggered by an event.
Article: Actions​

Workflows

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

Conditions

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

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.
Article series: Debugging your application​
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