Decoding Low-Code/No-Code: The Evolution of Software Development

What are these trendy trends — low-code/no-code/pro-code development? Are they any good for the developers or business users? Or are they just some passing fads? Let’s find out.

CIOs and CTOs are under enormous pressure. And this pressure is all about accelerating their companies’ digital transformation by developing more secure and scalable digital products and services to gain a competitive edge over others.

However, the IT teams are unable to focus on mission-critical development projects as they are constantly bombarded with development requests from leaders and managers from across the org.

To free up the dedicated resources, companies and leaders must figure out ways to democratize development so everyone can build without needing a developers’ intervention — that’s where low code and no code development platforms come into the scenario.

While pro-coding is a developer job and requires in-depth knowledge of generic and special programming languages such as Python, PHP, and JavaScript, low-code and no-code app builders enable everyone — even the non-technical business users — to build apps without coding.

What is Low-Code Application Development?

Low-code development is the process of building software applications without a developer’s intervention. It’s not that a developer can not touch low-code tools; it’s just that low-code development platforms are designed for business users with minimal or no coding experience.

With low-code development, business users or citizen developers can develop apps by logging into the visual development environments and using intuitive interfaces with drag-and-drop features and pre-built templates and code blocks.

By imbibing low-code development practices within your organization, you can generate greater value across the development lifecycle by reducing time-to-market and accelerating innovation and workflow automation.

Low-code development yields tremendous value as it leads the users to a new landscape of opportunities:

• Faster pace of software development
• Reduced development cost
• Reduced manual errors
• Reduced time to market
• Accelerated customer experience and innovation

However, low-code is, by no means, a replacement for pro-code or traditional development. Low-code platforms have their limitations, too.

Originally published at https://www.kellton.com.