Low-code: Panacea or Revisited Hype?

I’m hearing a lot of rumblings in the industry lately about so-called “low-code/no-code” application development platforms. These solutions are purported to enable software creation through point-and-click user interfaces instead of traditional programming, thus reducing the amount of hand-coding required to develop a new piece of software. Enterprises are always in search of new ways to innovate, and we’re being told that leading companies are putting low-code development at the core of their digital strategy. Some of the alleged attractions for low-code platforms are:

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• Visually oriented drag-and-drop development tools rather than traditional hand-coding.
• Versatility with the combined power of data integration platforms, ETL tools, and BPM applications.
• Speed to deployment, allowing for enterprise-level application development delivered in days or weeks, instead of months or years.

While this remains an emerging market space that is continuing to evolve, many analysts see it crossing into the mainstream as more enterprises become comfortable with the low-code mantra and are beginning to adopt low-code approaches in various forms. As a result, we’re hearing there is an acceleration to embed low-code solutions…