Project Cookbooks

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💡 Step-by-step tutorials for building real apps from scratch with bkend.

Overview

This cookbook series guides you through building real services using bkend's Authentication, Dynamic Tables, and Storage. Each cookbook can be followed in two ways:

Track
Approach
Audience

Console + REST API

Configure via Console UI, process data with curl/JavaScript

App developers

MCP (AI Tools)

Request backend setup from AI using natural language

AI agent users


Cookbook List

#
Cookbook
Difficulty
Key Features
Dynamic Tables

1

Article CRUD, images, tags, bookmarks

articles, tags, bookmarks

2

⭐⭐

Profiles, posts, comments, follows, feed

profiles, posts, comments, likes, follows

3

⭐⭐⭐

Recipes, ingredients, meal plans, shopping lists

recipes, ingredients, meal_plans, shopping_lists, cooking_logs

4

⭐⭐⭐

Products, carts, orders, reviews

products, carts, orders, reviews


Learning Path

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Beginners

Start with Blog. You will learn the basics of table creation, data CRUD, and file uploads.

Experienced Users

Pick any cookbook that interests you. Each cookbook can be completed independently.


Cookbook Structure


Prerequisites

Complete the following items before starting a cookbook.

Item
Description
Reference

bkend account

Sign up on the console

Create a project

Create a new project on the console

API Key

Issue from Console → API Keys

AI tools (optional)

Install Claude Code or Cursor


bkend Features Used

bkend Feature
Usage in Cookbooks
Reference

Authentication

Email sign-up/sign-in, social login

Dynamic Tables

Data CRUD, filtering, pagination

Storage

Image/file uploads

MCP Tools

Manage tables/data with AI


Live Demos

Live demos of each cookbook deployed to production. Log in with the demo account (demo@bkend.ai / Bkend123$) to try them out.

👉 See the Live Demos page for more details.


Example Projects

Example projects that implement each cookbook as actual code. Mock mode is supported so you can run them immediately without a bkend server.

Cookbook
Example Project
Platform

Reference Docs

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