Gone are the days when legacy, deprecated, or even obsolete software code played an important role in a business’s information and technological systems.
But wait… do you know this still is a reality in many existing industries and businesses?
The good news is that low-code is gaining popularity in solving efficiency issues, digitalizing and optimizing processes, build great and even complex software solutions, all of this in shorter development cycles which also impact your available resources and budget. Say farewell to traditional coding complexities and practices.
Low-code: the future of app development
Gartner says, "by 2024, 66% of large companies will use a minimum of four different low-code platforms".
We believe that all types of companies, size-wise and with other characteristics such as their industry or customer segments, can take advantage of low-code platforms.
What is low-code?
Low-code is a software development methodology that enables users to build digital applications with a visual approach by using drag-and-drop components, pre-built templates, collaboration tools, and a lot of available integrations.
But, don’t fool yourself: even with a minimal coding need approach, low-code can be extended by using other actions developed by other technologies such as Java, React, Python, and others.
Why is low-code revolutionizing?
1. It optimizes development time and increases cost-effectiveness
According to Mendix and other sources, adopting low-code can reduce development time by up to 90% (depending on the project complexity).
The root of this benefit is that low-code adopts a more intuitive environment, requiring developers to write less code and focus on the logic and functionality of the application instead of getting stuck in repetitive and time-consuming coding tasks.
The consequence is obvious and linear: companies can optimize their assets and resources while increasing their returns on effectiveness, scalability and investments.
2. Integration and Innovation
Low-code platforms often offer pre-built integrations with a main goal in mind: to extend and enhance the functionality of your applications.
Integration with third party software vendors, databases or APIs, are an example of such extensibility.
Integration also allows experimentation and innovation, as developers can quickly develop and test new ideas, proofs-of-concept, and explore unknown territories without committing to extensive resources and coding hours.
Another advantage is the minimal impact that changes and improvements can have on existing applications, that can rapidly be made and delivered to end-users in minimal time.
3. Empowering people
With a visual-based development platform, low-code technology can empower people from different backgrounds to participate in the software development process: software developers, business technologists, citizen developers, and even hobbyist programmers.
The potentiality of such openness to different people - with different perspectives and backgrounds - positively impacts companies and businesses.
Can you feel the alternative and a long-term solution for the tech talent shortage?
4. Scalability and Digital Transformation Support
Low-code platforms can be cloud-based, providing flexibility to deploy new applications and managing existing ones as needed. Low-code platforms have evolved to handle more complex and large-scale projects, that can offer robust architectures, scalability options, and support for enterprise-grade applications.
That means that low-code can be applied from the smallest projects to the most complex initiatives.
Low-code development is also a crucial part of Digital Transformation, as it enables companies to rapidly develop and deploy applications that meet the rapidly changing needs of the market and customers, but also digitize manual processes or optimize deprecated digital processes.
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