Low code and citizen development

Low code and citizen development aim to abate the urgency many IT organizations feel to create more software, as well as expand the pool of people capable of software development. When it comes to low-code development platforms, turn to these tips and features to help you evaluate caveats, challenges, best practices, use cases and workflows.

March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21
Power Fx informs Microsoft's low-code strategy

In a Q&A, Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna delves into the company's Power Fx, a new low-code tool that non-programmers can use to build applications.
March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21
Boomi Flow adds support for multi-cloud, hybrid deployments

Dell's Boomi subsidiary expands the deployment options for its low-code Flow workflow automation tool to public clouds and customers' on-premises data centers.
March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21
ServiceNow Quebec platform goes after the low-code market

ServiceNow has released a new version of its Now Platform that caters to inexperienced developers looking to build customized applications and workflows quickly.
March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21
Power Fx: Microsoft's low-code language for Power Platform

Microsoft has extended its low-code application development strategy with a new programming language known as Power Fx that will be consistent across the Power Platform.

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low-code and no-code development platforms

Low-code/no-code development platforms are types of visual software development environments that allow enterprise developers and citizen developers to drag and drop application components, connect them together and create mobile or web apps. Continue Reading
Review these 9 low-code use cases and industry examples

Don't get hung up on the basics of low-code and your development teams' makeup. Evaluate the following use cases to see if low-code makes sense for your project goals. Continue Reading
no-code

No-code is a software development approach that requires few, if any, programming skills to quickly build an application. Continue Reading

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A closer look at 6 popular low-code development platforms

Low-code development tools help organizations accomplish tasks from simple forms and web sites to app integrations and BPM. Here's a closer look at six of the top low-code tools. Continue Reading
What is low-code? A guide to enterprise low-code app development

Learn how low-code concepts and practices code can help enterprise developers be more efficient, create valuable apps more quickly and contribute to broader business initiatives. Continue Reading
What is the future of low-code app development?

Experts see more enterprises embracing low-code to rapidly develop apps and empower nonprogrammers -- but there are plenty of reasons to keep using traditional development as well. Continue Reading

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To get results in low-code development, collaboration is key

To capitalize on the efficiency of a low-code tool, a business will need to organize a team that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish. That's not easy to do. Continue Reading
Examples of low-code projects show stumbles and successes

Can business staff and software developers really work together on a low-code project? It's not easy, but it can be done. Continue Reading
Low-code platforms face off: Mendix vs. OutSystems

Low-code products target different audiences. So, will traditional or citizen developers use low-code platforms more in the future? We pit Mendix vs. OutSystems to explore each approach. Continue Reading

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Fight microservices complexity with low-code development

Software developers are in a constant battle with complexity. Microservices hold promise as ready-to-assemble app components, but low-code development might be a better approach. Continue Reading
Why projects fail in the citizen developer model

It's easy for citizen developers to start a software project, but difficult to augment or maintain it. Watch out for these four issues that ruin most no-code projects. Continue Reading
Real-world developers' low-code examples focus on productivity

Two enterprise IT organizations share the benefits their dev teams gained from different low-code platforms, the process issues the tools exposed and how teams can get started. Continue Reading