How to quickly create business apps without coding?
I don't think I know of a company that, at the mere thought of automating its processes, would say: No it's not for us. Yes, there are concerns. However, they are related to the process of implementing new solutions, long waiting times, high costs, interference with current systems, and you can never be sure about the effect until you test the implemented solution. And this is where low-code platforms prove to be a godsend.
According to Gartner's report, by 2024, as many as 65% of applications will be created and implemented using low-code platforms, and about 30% of organizations will use at least four such tools (source: Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, 8/08/2019). Honestly? This forecast does not surprise me at all. Low-code allows you to optimize key processes at a given moment in a surprisingly short time, without disrupting the operation of existing company systems. Thanks to this, at nAxiom we optimize both processes that are already digitized, as well as those that have been implemented analogue so far. What other benefits does the low-code platform provide?
A springboard to competitive advantage
Just a few years ago, organizations did not have to adapt so quickly to changes taking place on the market. Today, it is a necessary condition for achieving competitive advantage. I will say more! In order to exist among the competition, we should create such changes ourselves! Without the right technology, no organization will be able to achieve this.
One of the key benefits of low-code is the ability to flexibly adapt technology to business needs. What does this mean? Unlike ready-made IT solutions that have strictly defined functions, applications created in low-code technology are tailor-made. This means that you can design them so that they reflect the specifics of a given process in every detail.
How to build an application on a low-code platform?
Low-code applications are created much faster. It is also easier to make changes to them. And all this without the need for advanced programming knowledge. How is this possible? The nAxiom platform in low-code technology allows you to build applications based on partially working schemes. You do not have to create them from scratch. It is like building a tower of blocks. To build it, you do not have to create blocks, because you already have them. It is similar in the case of a low-code platform. You already have ready-made elements and you can build whatever you want from them. In this way, you spend a significant part of your work and time developing a unique feature of the solution, not its components. What's more, components created for the needs of one application can be reused to create many others.
Why are low-code applications built faster?
The drag&drop method is a drag-and-drop method. This is how you create an application on the nAxiom platform. Based on a visual interface, where instead of code you see a diagram of the gradually built solution. And although low-code does not completely eliminate coding, it reduces the work associated with it solely to the logic of the system's operation. The result? Significantly faster achievement of the expected effects with significantly lower workload, and therefore costs.
Fig. Percentage of applications using low-code in 2020-2021.
What I value most about building solutions based on a low-code platform is that the people who directly implement a given process can be involved in creating applications – not necessarily IT specialists. As a result, the new solution meets the expectations of end users.
Summarizing low-code technology
Low-code is a technology that fits perfectly into the needs of today's organizations. It allows for safe testing of new ideas and then their rapid implementation in the form of new applications or functions improving existing systems. It easily connects people, processes and data from different sources. It does not interfere with the existing IT ecosystem. It allows the organization to quickly respond to changing customer expectations and market requirements.
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