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Glide Expert Network Now on Contra

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October 23, 2025

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    Now live: The Glide Expert Network, connecting expert creators, designers, and developers who help brands, founders, and creators bring custom apps to life using Glide’s platform.

    🔗 See Glide Experts on Contra →

    What is Glide?

    Glide is a no-code app development platform that allows users to build custom mobile and web applications from spreadsheets, databases or other data sources without writing code.

    It offers a visual builder, drag-and-drop interface, data editor, and templates to speed up app creation.

    Glide is ideal for creators, small businesses, and teams who want to turn existing data into functional, scalable apps quickly and cost-effectively.

    Why hire a Glide expert?

    If you are looking to build an internal tool, launch an MVP, or create a fully custom mobile/web experience, a Glide expert can help you:

    • Design and develop polished mobile-friendly or web-apps powered by your data

    • Connect spreadsheets, databases, or other data sources into an app workflow

    • Build UI/UX flows, navigation, filters, and logic using Glide’s no-code builder

    • Optimize for performance, user experience, and scalability

    • Speed up launch, reduce dependencies on traditional development and iteration time

    Glide experts on Contra are vetted independent professionals ready to help you translate your app idea into a working experience commission-free.

    Why become a Glide expert on Contra?

    • Be featured in the official Glide Expert Network

    • Get discovered by clients looking to build no-code apps with Glide

    • Showcase your Glide built apps, templates, and data-powered work

    • Offer services like app prototyping, full Glide builds, data integrations, and app maintenance

    How to join the Glide Expert Network:

    • Add Glide as a preferred tool on your Contra profile

    • Publish 2 or more projects that showcase your Glide app builds, data integrations, or mobile/web app launches

    • Offer a service based on Glide. For example: app builds, prototype development, data-driven UI/UX setup

    👉 Apply to join the Glide Expert Network →

    Have more questions?

    Reach out to hello@contra.com 🙌

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