What is Low Code Application Development?
Low Code App Development is a method to build applications easily using visual tools and basic skills without proficient programming knowledge or skills. There are many variations of these tools from basic drag and drop tools for GUI interfaces to building workflow automation tools.
One of the main features is Drag & drop UI builder with pre-built UI components necessary to build software. Also visually represent data, processes, and models of business without any programming language.
You can create your own database. You can use your basic Excel skills to create complex structures and formulas. You can also export, import or integrate with your existing databases.
Design and automate your workflows apps without coding. You can define your tasks, notifications, approval or updates. With branching and role-based access, you can perfectly automate your business processes.
DronaHQ’s low code platform enables enterprises to build apps using its many GUI based interfaces to design screens, make workflows, use formulas and minimizing the need for extensive coding.
The visual modelling tool eliminates the need to write repeating lines of codes, allowing users to better understand their app’s design and solve their business problem. From requirements gathering and app development to prototyping and testing, the platform allows to quickly translate ideas into working apps.
Make apps that are integrated with your database. Your data might be stored in diverse systems and integrating data from these sources can consume a big chunk of your time. Low code allows you to seamlessly connect these systems to your apps for storing, fetching and working on the information.
Maintenance and updates on traditionally coded apps can take from hours to months where developers manually tend to the changes and add features. Low code elements are designed and pre-tested to work together seamlessly allowing its users to make changes and roll out updates easily and quickly.
From No-code to Low code
During app development, there are features that may require further customization. While no-code lets users build highly complex apps, low code gives further flexibility to add heavy customization like a custom UI or a highly tailor made business logic.
Developers can code and create custom UI elements that can be reused across all their apps.
Developers can quickly code exclusive functions for their specific business logic and use in their apps.
Legacy systems are often highly complex and lack flexibility. They may even require specific IT skills to understand and work with them. These factors make replacement or modernization of the systems risky and expensive. Low code solves the problem. It allows you to design mobile apps on top of these legacy systems, giving the legacy systems a modern and user-friendly look in a quick and cost-effective manner. This not only lessens the burden over your IT but also allows you to have an edge over your competitors.