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No-code development platforms (NCDPs) allow creating
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No-code development platforms (NCDPs) allow creating application software
Application software is any computer program that is intended for end-user use not operating, administering or programming the computer. An application (app, application program, software application) is any program that can be categorized as ...
through graphical user interface
A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows user (computing), users to human–computer interaction, interact with electronic devices through Graphics, graphical icon (computing), icons and visual indicators such ...
s and configuration instead of traditional computer programming
Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called computer program, programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of proc ...
based on writing code
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As with low-code development platform
A low-code development platform (LCDP) provides a development environment used to create application software, generally through a graphical user interface (as opposed to only writing code, though some coding is possible and may be required). A l ...
s, it is meant to expedite application development, but unlike low-code, no-code development involves no code writing. This is usually done by offering prebuilt templates for building apps. In the 2010s, both of these types of platforms increased in popularity as companies dealt with a limited supply of competent software developer
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s.
No-code development is closely related to visual programming language
In computing, a visual programming language (visual programming system, VPL, or, VPS), also known as diagrammatic programming, graphical programming or block coding, is a programming language that lets users create computer program, programs by ...
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Use
No-code tools are often designed withline of business
Line of business (LOB) is a general term which refers to a product or a set of related products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need.
In some industry sectors, like insurance, "line of business" also has a regulatory and a ...
users in mind as opposed to traditional IT.
The potential benefits of using a NCDP include:
*Agility – NCDPs typically provide some degree of templated user-interface and user experience functionality for common needs such as forms, workflows, and data display allowing creators to expedite parts of the app creation process.
*Richness – NCDPs which at one point were limited to more basic application functions increasingly provide a level of feature-richness and integrations that allows users to design, develop, and deploy apps that meet specific business needs.
Future of workflow automation
No-code platforms are reshaping software development by democratizing access to automation and application building. As AI-driven automation advances, no-code solutions are expected to handle more sophisticated workflows, reducing reliance on traditional coding. This shift fosters innovation across industries, making software creation more accessible to businesses and individuals alike.See also
*Flow-based programming
In computer programming, flow-based programming (FBP) is a programming paradigm that defines application software, applications as networks of black box process (computer science), processes, which exchange data across predefined connections by mes ...
* List of online database creator apps
This list of online database creator apps lists notable web apps where end users with minimal database administration expertise can create online databases to share with team members.
Users need not have the coding skills to manage the solution ...
* Low-code development platforms
A low-code development platform (LCDP) provides a development environment used to create application software, generally through a graphical user interface (as opposed to only writing code, though some coding is possible and may be required). A l ...
* Rapid application development
Rapid application development (RAD), also called rapid application building (RAB), is both a general term for adaptive software development approaches, and the name for James Martin's method of rapid development. In general, RAD approaches to ...
* Lean software development
Lean software development is a translation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the software development domain. Adapted from the Toyota Production System, it is emerging with the support of a pro-lean subculture within the ag ...
* Platform as a service
Platform as a service (PaaS) or application platform as a service (aPaaS) or platform-based service is a cloud computing service model where users provision, instantiate, run and manage a modular bundle of a computing platform and applications, w ...
* Vibe coding
Vibe coding is an approach to producing software by using artificial intelligence (AI), where a person describes a problem in a few natural language sentences as a Prompt engineering, prompt to a large language model (LLM) tuned for coding. The L ...
References
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* Pattani, Aneri (16 November 2016"A coding revolution in the office cube sends message of change to IT"
CNBC. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Enterprise architecture Software development