Low-Code is rapidly gaining traction as it significantly enhances the efficiency of mobile application development.
While Low-Code development currently gains significant traction and is poised for further growth, its origins trace back to the 1990s. During this time, visual development environments emerged, with tools like Visual Basic and Delphi serving as prominent examples. The evolution continued with Model-Driven Development, which further simplified the application development process. Forrester Research formally introduced the term “Low-Code” in 2014.
Although people often use the terms Low-Code and No-Code interchangeably, the two have fundamental differences. Low-Code platforms still require some coding, causing the involvement of trained engineers, while No-Code platforms are accessible even to non-technical users.
The complexity of an application often dictates the choice of coding. Applications requiring advanced functionality may exceed the capabilities of Low-Code platforms, causing more custom development.
Use Cases are Portals and Dashboards (summarizing workflows), rapid prototyping.
Key Benefits are:
- Faster Development: Efficiency is enhanced with drag-and-drop interfaces, pre-built components, and ready-to-use templates, all of which promote agility and reduce time-to-market.
- Flexibility and Scalability: Applications can be quickly adapted based on user feedback or changing business requirements, ensuring they remain relevant and effective.
- Encouraging Innovation: Traditional coding can be time-intensive, often hindering the pace of innovation. Low-Code platforms alleviate this by reducing development time, allowing more focus on creativity and problem-solving.
While the advantages are significant, coding platforms may have limitations in handling highly complex or custom applications.
2. Use platforms with strong compliance credentials and security certifications (e.g., ISO, GDPR).
While Low-Code platforms offer numerous benefits, they also come with challenges that organizations must navigate to ensure successful adoption and implementation. These challenges are a limitation in customization, vendor lock-in, security risks, data integration, performance limitations and governance and compliances
1. Evaluate the performance of existing and new platforms capabilities, with the business needs.
