Build Smarter Apps with Bolt 🧠

Invoices using QuickBooks; effects using MediaPipe effects, plus UX workshops!

This week's Bolt updates and tutorials are all about building faster, integrating smarter, and polishing the user experience. From handling invoices in QuickBooks to leveling up your UX, UI, and even face-tracking effects, there's something here for every builder. Whether you're shipping an MVP or scaling a production app, these workflows will save you time and effort: Live Tomorrow: Integrate QuickBooks Part 2 📺 Join us for Part 2 of our QuickBooks series, where we'll pick up from last week and walk through how to handle invoices and explore key functionalities in more depth. You'll learn how to create, manage, and automate invoices directly in Bolt using real-world workflows you can apply immediately, so don't miss out. RSVP here Missed part 1 from a few days ago? You can catch up here! Love this kind of thing and want to learn even more? View upcoming livestreams. Instant Face & Hand Tracking Effects 👋 Real-time face and hand tracking is a perfect addition to interactive pages, tools, games, or any experience that benefits from real-time user input. In this ~12 minute tutorial, Jakub does a deep dive into MediaPipe and shows how to use it with Bolt to create powerful, interactive effects for your project: Watch the video Bolt.new Workshop: UX & UI Improvements 💡 Want to learn some practical, repeatable ways to improve the UX and UI of projects built in Bolt? This session was originally live and is now available to watch on demand, and is a must-watch if you want your projects to look more polished, feel more intuitive, and convert better. Start projects with Figma frames and import components as you go Use AI to modify images (hello, nano banana 🍌) Update website copy directly in your codebase Edit customer email templates efficiently In the second half of the workshop, UX/UI specialist Laurel Beyers joins the session to critique two web apps in real time, sharing insights from her 13 years of experience you can apply immediately. You won't want to skip this one. Watch now Pick one tutorial, try one new feature, and ship something exciting this week. Happy building! Eric Simons CEO & Co-Founder, Bolt.new StackBlitz, Inc., 2443 Fillmore Street #380-16814, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States. To opt out of future emails from StackBlitz, click here to unsubscribe.