The world of no-code and low-code, a new digital opportunity

If you are reading these lines, it is because these two words, no-code and low-code, tell you something, either because you work in IT and your documentary watch has drawn you here, or because your curiosity has pushed you to inquire to know a little more.?Asking questions is easy, it doesn't cost anything, and it's the right thing to do. If you are already in the no-code, don't hesitate to read and react, after all, it's always good to exchange. If you are a noobie, or rather a no-obie or even a low-obie, this article is for you.

No-code and low-code are recent terms, and that different tools had to develop enough for us to feel the need to gather all this behind the same banner, or rather behind the same hashtag.

Responding to technological needs

As you know, the evolution of technologies is fast, very fast. And if we are not yet at the stage of Artificial Intelligence or the Singularity, we must recognize that everything is accelerating. But to contribute to this effort, to support it, to follow it, or to drive it, we need skills, many skills. And the more complex things become, the better it is to simplify them so that as many people as possible can jump on the technology bandwagon. Even if you're a millennial, if "tech" probably doesn't scare you, what about programming?

Because it's not enough to post a TikTok video on the web, or to solve your grandfather's e-mail problems to begin the arduous path, often paved with good intentions, that is programming. However, more and more digital skills are needed in one's own professional activity. And developers can't be everywhere, not everyone can become one, even if it would be desirable. On the other hand, there are more and more needs in programming. And with no-code, well now you can create without having learned to code.

Developers write miles of code, they are the first to build simplifying tools. And there is such a demand for applications that there is simply a market for those who can offer technological solutions that allow you to get what you want while saving the cost and time of computer development, which is far from being a bad idea, especially when you are struggling to recruit developers. There is therefore a market for no-code and low-code, and it concerns both a large company, with an IT department and its own dedicated staff, and an emerging SME, although their problems are a priori on a completely different scale. But in any case, it is good to see the options and solutions that no-code offers, because one of its strengths is its adaptability to your needs.

Programming without coding, the essence of no-code

Thanks to no-code, it is no longer necessary to know the computer language, whether it is html or python for example. Your no-code tool allows you to program without coding. In other words, with pre-built, pre-coded "bricks" of code, with very precise functionalities, you can combine them in order to carry out the desired programming according to the power of your no-code tool, and its capacity, in particular, to integrate other no-code tools to multiply your own capacities even more. Using visual programming, such as in Scratch developed by MIT or in Voltapp, you create your own application without coding.

Yes, really, without coding. That's what no-code is all about. You can't skip a step in learning the tool, but you don't have to invest a whole budget in IT development. Once you have been trained in the no-code tool, you or your employees become "no-coders" or no-code developers, until the terms are fixed one day. In addition, you can always entrust your project to your no-code supplier without having to make a single click, as his development time is considerably reduced, so you win..

But what about low-code? It seems that you have to know how to code with these tools, right? One could say that it all depends on your projects but in reality the borders are porous: no-code tools often offer low-code and vice-versa, it's almost mandatory to be sure to offer a nice latitude of action. Basically, if you add a little code to customize a part of what you want to do, you enter low-code. Low-code can be seen as a development enabler for developers, but technically speaking, you can get by without writing a line of code..

No-code and low-code project mode

No-code and low-code are not solutions of the future, they are already solutions. But this implies a different approach to programming. Your teams can be freer and let their creativity express itself without having to ask the IT department, or it can allow you to develop your digital solutions if you don't have the capacity, and this is most frequent, to develop your own IT department. And in any case, nothing prevents your developers from using no-code tools, they are trained in programming and will execute their tasks all the more easily but, as a bonus, they will be more understandable and apprehensible for others.

You may be hesitant, so don't hesitate to keep asking. Suppliers are multiplying, they are the first to want to answer your questions. The no-code communities, like no-code France, and even the no-code union, will not be the last to answer your questions either. You are right to look for the vice-caché, to want to make your own opinion on the real opportunities of no-code, to identify those that correspond to your needs. Your partners and competitors are also looking into it, if they have not already done so.

If you're looking to develop your digital solutions faster, at a lower cost - and who isn't? - it's high time you took an interest in no-code and low-code, you're on the right track, if only to free up time for your developers. So yes, switching to no-code and low-code does not exempt you from thinking about cybersecurity and your data, as with any supplier. As with any digital development, with no-code you have to think about your project, be logical, identify its problems, determine its features. But you have at your disposal digital tools that will multiply your ability to act and react, quite simply. And without coding.