3 low-code and no-code trends in the year ahead
Summary
Low-code and no-code has stirred a lot of consternation and even downright ridicule among professional developers, many of whom can recall the low-code (or at least lower-code) solutions that came with previous generations of technology, from fourth-generation languages to CASE tools to mashups. Lately, vendors have been pushing forward with low-code and no-code solutions, recognizing that demand for applications is far exceeding the supply and time of professional developers. In a recent post, Dona Sarkar, principal cloud advocate at Microsoft, makes the case for low-code approaches, noting that professional developers benefit as much as the business types who have access to such tools. Over the coming years, "creating software will certainly involve putting blocks together and less custom code," says Jasper Laagland CTO of Factris. Another panelist, Remco Jorna, CTO of Fintech OS, foresees growth of the fusion developer approach.