As technology skills demand grows, so does attention to low-code and no-code solutions
Summary
He cites low-code/no-code tools that have helped him along the way, including Gumroad for digital products, Canva for graphic design, Outseta for CRM, payments, subscriptions, email automation, and gated content in SaaS-based launches, AirTable for business organization, Loom for video presentations, and Zapier for technology integration. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, the investment banking giant was looking at WSO2s capabilities to address looming developer skills shortages "by letting salespeople, accountants and other business-line workers make their own apps." The Covid crisis "has accelerated enterprise digital transformation by years and more employees are contributing to software development and delivery," said WSO2 founder and CEO Sanjiva Weerawarana in a related post. "Many organizations are face challenges with scarce IT resources and a lack of funding," says Linda Ding, senior director at Laserfiche. Over time, as the low-code, no-code approach becomes more pervasive, "IT can be more strategic, focusing on cybersecurity, scalability, and infrastructure performance versus developing one-off or niche applications for various business users, which is time- and resource-intensive," says Ding.