The trends in the software development industry are advancing and the recent low-code development platform is one such approach. Normally, application development is a process that requires proper research, designing, coding, and testing. But, low-code development will simplify this and help developers to complete the assigned work quickly. The low-code development platform will help developers to create applications with minimum code. The No-code platform suitable for beginners without technical knowledge is also available. This no-code platform for developing small internal applications has customization limitations and not suggested for developing enterprise-grade applications. So, professionals will prefer working with a low-code platform.
With low-code technology, instead of writing line-by-line code, the users can drag and drop visual blocks integrated with actual code to form a flowchart. Low-code development platform has different benefits like:
- The Low-code platform will make application development faster by reducing backlogs.
- This platform can be easily integrated with the existing system for application development.
- Users can either customize pre-built templates or can create a new design from scratch.
- Automated testing along with the development
- Multi-user development and reduced development cost
- Improved customer experience and safety
- Can develop both web and mobile applications
- Various hosting options available.
- Minimize the need for Shadow IT
- Automate new business ideas in minutes and lower the software maintenance burden
The low-code platform offers different features like visual modeling tools, out-of-the-box functionality, drag-and-drop interface, reusability, cross-platform accessibility, scalability, and more. The visual modeling capabilities integrated with the low-code platform will help business users and professionals to use built-in components to represent information in a readable format. The cross-platform compatibility help applications developed using low-code to run on all core platforms and devices. This platform will help users to create new applications from scratch or to expand the existing app according to business growth.
Appian, Microsoft PowerApps, Mendix, Quick Base, Google App Maker, Outsystems, Creatio, etc… are the popular low-code development platform. With these low-code generation platforms, users can either create source code for a particular module or for the entire application. These visual modeling tools with a drag-and-drop interface is suitable for small to large businesses. The Mendix low-code platform follows the agile project management approach and contains reusable components.
Low-code platforms are ideal for internal applications, prototypes, and simple applications to gather data. Internal applications are suitable for business organizations to manage their own resources effectively. Prototypes are early versions of real applications. Simple applications with standard interfaces can also be created with the low-code platform for gathering data. Complex applications requiring constant maintenance and multiple API integrations, and applications representing core business are those that can’t be created using the low-code platform.
