What is low-code development?
Have you ever come up with an exceptionally promising idea that needed a new application or automation to be developed but thought it would be hard or at least expensive to do so? Low-code development tools has the objective to solve this problem and aid people with little to no technical background on software building.
Low-code development is an application development method that, going from a text-based to a more visual, user-friendly environment (generally consisting of drag-and-drop and drop-down elements), empowers individuals from all different sorts of backgrounds – such as sales, marketing, human resources, accounting etc. – to solve all diverse kinds of day-to-day business solutions, fulfilling from simple to complex coding necessities in an accessible (that is, without the need of too much technical expertise), fast and cheap way.
Notable benefits
Tools that support this technique provide great reusability through pre-built components and take care of many common, more complex things about the process of working on a software “under the hood” so you can more straightforwardly focus on the business process and the overall logic of what is being built.
Other noteworthy benefits of low-code platforms are capable of offering are easy collaboration (as they often provide an easy-to-use environment for developers to collaborate), scalability (the ability to add more users to benefit from the solutions built as your organization grows without having it decrease in performance without the need for significant investments in new infrastructure or resources) and security (as they will usually be taking care of the related underlying infrastructure needed for that purpose).
Also, another probable great pro is the ability to easily have an application that fits diverse types of platforms (a feature known as cross-platform) such as desktop computers, tablets, smartphones etc.
Examples of tools
Some examples of common Low-code/no-code development tools you might come across:
- Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate)
- Salesforce Lightning
- OutSystems
- Mendix
- Zoho Creator
- Appian
- QuickBase
- Nintex
- K2
- ServiceNow Now Platform.
There is such a wide variety of types of solutions at which this kind of development approach can apply to. the possibilities are virtually endless! some of them are:
- data storage/maintenance;
- business intelligence;
- robotic process automation;
- business process automation;
- web portals;
- chatbots (computer program that simulates human conversation through voice commands or text chats or both);
- customer relationship management (CRM) systems;
- project management tools.
At nocobi, we create these and many other solutions for our clients. We have helped many different companies, big and small, from different industries and cultures, build apps that make their work easier. These apps allow these companies to save time and energy on routine tasks so they can focus on other important parts of their business.
It is our mission to help you understand your business’s situation and help it thrive, so it does not matter the area that you work with or how big the corporation is, we can help you with your demands!
Feel free to reach out to us for more information.
