I’ve built the app and I have built the landing page. I have no real coding experience but I keep going around in a circle with the app and it’s cost me money and more money so any support or help or direction would be really appreciated. 
I have the 2 different app entities the landing page and the app. All I want is when the landing page is visited they click on the download they fill out in their visa details (using stripe test here) then they get a window with their email address and option to create password once they create password they are taken to the app. A user database should be setup in replit and there’s replit/signup and replit/signin. Now that’s not complicated but the replit just can’t do it!
It just takes me back to the same landing page again after purchase ( stripe purchase test) why is this so hard?
Does anyone have any help for me as replit say they can’t support me technically but they are happy to charge me agent fees going around in circles with the replit making obvious mistakes. Thanks Dominic just trying to get my app off the ground in New Zealand.
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Hi Steve, thanks for reaching out, this is the app link https://mintnesttracker-app.replit.app and this is the landing page https://mintnesttracker.replit.app thanks Dominic
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Nice looking pages. I see it has produced a lot of static placeholder/test data and the app is already logged into a test account. Things like the logout button say “Logged out! In a real app, this would clear your session and redirect to login.”
So essentially, these are both a mockup apps that Replit is so good at producing. But then it hasn’t taken you any further with turning it into a functioning app, with everything hooked into user auth (signup/login), a database behind it, and connections into Stripe.
Firstly, this could all be in a single project, not two. So the home page would all be about the app, and once the user pays and logs in, the same app exposes the dashboard to the user - otherwise the dashboard cannot be accessed.
Without diving into the app and exploring what the agent has done, it is hard to tell what state everything is in. You could try giving the agent a prompt along the following lines (in both projects, although the main one to think about is the app, not the landing page):
I want you to do a full review and analysis of this app and the codebase. I need to understand what development work has been done and what functionality is available or has been started (even if unfinished). Include whether any user auth, database functionality, or hooks into Stripe for user payments is available, or if the app is currently only showing static test data and placeholder text. What would you advise is required to make this a fully functioning app? Note, do not do any edits, just report to me for now.
I’m unsure what your next steps are going to be, but happy to see what it says and advise from there.
steve i have shifted to claude code in vs code , i feel VS code is just another replit (poor tool replit ) and i provide CC the admin sdk for firebase and it setups everything and atleast 100x better than replit without errors mostly and 200$ and im down making avg 40-60 apps a font and 10-15 fullstack with all inegrations like senetry , redis , llms , backend , analytics , indexing (seo /geo ) etc
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I use replit and supabase and am very successful with it. Average spend for app credits is about $200.
People are not very good at instructing ai dev tools like replit. But with some guidance over time they will improve - remember ai assisted dev is brand new.
The answer isnt just to jump to another platform. If people don’t understand core s/w engineering and architectural principles, then resolve that, not just blame the tool. Because without this understanding, people will fail whatever tool they use.
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Thanks Steve, for your advice. I haven’t had a chance to spend any time on it this week but when I do I’ll let you know. Thanks again Dominic
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happy to help - let us know how you get on.
@dominich7 I would research strategies for authentication in an ai chat tool like chatgpt, grok or gemeni prior to instructing replit to give it more direction or just briefly explain it to yourself so you understand the concept. Sometimes it does really good and sometimes it struggles. If you are just a vibe coder I would use Replits Auth solution. It provides single-sign on where you can just use your google or twitter acct to login or an email and password. It is pretty robust but you have to tell Replit you want to use its solution. “Lets setup authentication using replit auth my landing page should be in front of the auth but when they complete my form I want them to see a dashboard…” then describe the dashboard from your previous app to pull it into one like @Gipity-Steve was saying. Hope this helps!