The Case for Low-code Development
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The document discusses low-code development platforms (LCDPs), which allow users to create applications through graphical user interfaces, thereby speeding up development and reducing reliance on skilled programmers. It highlights the growth of the low-code market, the increasing importance of citizen developers, and the ability of these platforms to modernize legacy systems and automate specific tasks. As of 2024, low-code is expected to account for over 65% of application development activity, significantly changing how software is built and maintained.
The Case for Low-code Development
- 1. The case for low- code
- 2. ? “low-code” “no-code” “a-bit-of-code-here-and-there” “SaaS” “iPaaS” “micro-services” “digital transformation automation” “enterprise high-productivity application platform as a service” “robotic process automation” “workflow”
- 3. “A low-code development platform (LCDP) provides a development environment used to create application software through graphical user interfaces and configuration instead of traditional hand-coded computer programming” Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-code_development_platform
- 4. Evolution of programming 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
- 5. Evolution of programming High level Low level usability 1G abstraction / development speed 2G 3G 4G 5G
- 8. Low-code landscape workflow point-to-point application development enterprise
- 9. The business case for low-code
- 10. To buy or not to buy? Off the shelf In-house development Faster availability of basic functionality straight away. Far longer timelines for delivery of a working solution. Lengthier training of the system as well as migration of existing systems. Speedier “pick-up” by users as it is normally inline with their own practices and better suited for migrating legacy systems. Difficult to customize and integrate with unique systems. Alter system as your needs grow, build in unique business logic from the get go.
- 11. Programming concepts vs business concepts Flexibility & complexity Development speed code low-code off the shelf
- 13. “SOA, or service-oriented architecture, defines a way to make software components reusable via service interfaces. These interfaces utilize common communication standards in such a way that they can be rapidly incorporated into new applications without having to perform deep integration each time.” Source: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/soa
- 14. A service has four properties according to one of many definitions of SOA: 1) It logically represents a business activity with a specified outcome. 2) It is self-contained. 3) It is a black box for its consumers, meaning the consumer does not have to be aware of the service's inner workings. 4) It may consist of other underlying services. Source: http://publications.opengroup.org/standards/soa
- 15. Section 4 – Low-code SOA
- 16. Business use cases of low-code SOA • Innovation • Resource capacity
- 17. Innovation • Rapid development: Rate of MVPs, quick feedback on design feasibility, iteration of design changes. • Automated testing: Business users can create their own tools to test the logic of systems, both current and future. • Re-building legacy apps: Low-code offers a great way to modernize legacy tasks which aren’t too complex. • Task specific apps: Low-code platforms allow small specific tasks to be automated without having a whole design, implementation, sign off and QA process.
- 18. “Prolific developers don’t always write a lot of code, instead they solve a lot of problems. The two things are not the same. – J. Chambers
- 19. Resource capacity • Senior developers: Senior devs are in short supply, and most of their time is spent ensuring lower skilled developers are implementing the correct functionality – these peoples time should be spent on core complex logic. • Maintaining legacy systems: Much of developers time is spent on maintaining outdated legacy systems which everything has been built on – by focusing their time on these system, innovation suffers. • Non-IT developers: Subject matter experts or design consultants can implement their designs almost immediately without going through all the channels to get it custom developed. • Less testing: As the systems being plugged into each other are developed specifically for one area of functionality, you can assume that these systems have been tested to the correct level. When you use of these systems you know it will work and don’t spend time fixing logic bugs.
- 20. • Security • Flexibility • Timelines • Cost Risks / Considerations
- 21. The future of low-code
- 22. Low-code trends - Business • The low-code market was worth $1.7 billion in 2015–estimates indicate it will be worth over $27 billion by 2022. • In 2019, 37% of developers were using or planning to use low-code products. By mid-2020, this is expected to rise to more than 50%. • Nearly 60% of all custom apps are now built outside the IT department, companies report. • Of those, 30% are built by employees with either limited or no technical development skills. • By 2024, low-code application development will be responsible for more than 65% of application development activity. Source: https://www.impactmybiz.com/blog/blog-low-code-trends-2020/
- 23. Low-code trends - Developers • . • In 2019, 37% of developers were using or planning to use low-code products. By mid-2020, this is expected to rise to more than 50%. • IT workers are still the ones driving the majority of development, with 69% of businesses using low-code stating IT staff are the primary users. • 82% of firms say citizen developers–business professionals with little or no coding experience–are becoming increasingly important to their business. • 72% of low-code developers create applications in three months or less, compared with six months or even years to develop applications using traditional development. • 68% of IT developers agree that low-code is viable for the development of mission-critical applications. • 80% believe that using low-code can free up developer time to work on higher-level projects Source: https://www.impactmybiz.com/blog/blog-low-code-trends-2020/ Section 5 – The future of low-code
- 25. PRE-BUILT COMPONENTS Customize connections and functions to your needs. Common programmatic functionality, tasks and connectors are pre-built to simplify development. VISUAL PROGRAMMING Automatic generation of execution paths, scope variables ABSTRACTION Abstract functions at whatever level you like, manipulate data at every step on a fine level. Apply programmatic expressions to data objects to manipulate and translate data to fit system needs. Design and build systems like you would with traditional coding. Drag-and-drop development IDE. Graphical representation of programming concepts and functionality. Develop programmatic functionality like any other development language (C#, Java, Python etc.) - without any code. Abstraction of coding concepts visually whist allowing the same level of flexibility as traditional coding. .
- 26. Connect, translate and extend current and future systems. Integration with enterprise and custom systems via base technologies. Schedule or trigger events to automate existing manual and repetitive processes. Perform automatic file transfers and imports, script executions, API updates, batch file processing etc. INTEGRATION LAYER AUTOMATION APIs HTTP Requests, Webhooks, FTP, Database. Timers, File Monitoring, Message Queues. Create scalable web services to expose data sources such as files, databases and external systems. Unify multiple APIs and methods in a single place. Build and host REST & SOAP web services.
- 27. Conclusion “go forth and (low)code”