Does Your Bot REALLY Need a Dashboard? đ€
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 23. 07. 2023
- Does Your Bot REALLY Need a Dashboard? đ€
A bot dashboard is one of the most request series on this channel. But considering everything you have to learn, does your bot REALLY need a dashboard?
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Because I think under ctrl kinda missed the title of this video of "Do you really need a bot dashboard":
It comes to the complexity and features of your bot. Let's say you make a bot that only has one feature i.e.: welcomer (greeting people on join), then I think using some sorts of in-discord (in-app) config solution is perfectly fine, or if it's a bot just for your server it's completely fine to just code variables into a JSON file (called "hard coding").
If your bot aims to many features (such as Waya/Wamellow), I think you're better of making a dashboard, for multiple reasons:
- In-discord (in-app) config can get overwhelming and confusing for the users of your bot, that's what I see a lot with Waya's config solution.
- Dashboards have a greater overview, can be more personalized to your bot needs.
- In-discord (in-app) configs can end up like mine with 9.000 line of total code just for the config in a single file, completely no way to continue working on it, completely in efficient and slow to run, leads to multiple interaction failed inside of discord.
- Dashboards can have better general user experience and design compared to in-app configs.
TL;DR:
When should you use a static (not changing) JSON file:
- when it's private, just for your and/or for your friends server.
When should you use a in-discord (in-app) config command (using JSON):
- when you want to use it in multiple of your servers and maybe a small public bot.
When should you use a in-discord (in-app) config command (using a database, i.e.: MongoDB):
- when you plan to make a public bot with not all too many features.
When should you make a web dashboard (using a database, i.e.: MongoDB):
- when you plan to make a (biggerish) public bot with kinda a lot of features **OR** want to learn web development.
Appreciate the in-depth explanation!
The title of this video is really targeted for the majority (beginners) who are just looking to make a dashboard but don't really know what's needed to build one. So it's primarily meant to help viewers make a decision on IF they need a dashboard based on what you have to learn. I can see how you interpreted it the though.
With that being said, your points are valid for users deciding on WHEN they need a dashboard for their bot, and for that reason, *Pin* đ
Cheers!
appreciate all the effort you put into these videos, I dont know of any other dedicated discord bot development youtuber that has the same level of quality as your videos do. You deserve to get way more recognition!
Appreciate that!
Thanks man! You are the only youtuber that actually make the best bot tutorials! Tbh your bot tutorials are the only ones that really worked for me
Thanks for the help! đ
Amazing vid bro, much love â€â€
Ticket System Please!!
Dang ok, I have been wanting to create a dashboard for my discord bot, but I have not been able to figure out how to do it. Thanks!
Why does this man only have 3.8k subs !?
Make a full series on discord bot dashboard please. Will we have to run discordjs and backend API server separately?
Best to run them together
Can you make a tutorial on how to make a dashbord?
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yes
i aint want no explination, i want the code đŁ
That will take a minute...
@@UnderCtrl Lol
Why does this man only have 3.8k subs !?