The rise of low-code/no-code

In this section, we will take a look at the concept of low-code/no-code (LCNC) development and explore why there is a growing demand on the market to adopt this approach and its associated tools. By doing so, we will gain insights into the significance of this application development approach and where it is heading in the future.

LCNC is an application development method that allows application makers to create software applications with less or no coding and in a shorter amount of time, supported by a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that abstracts the complexities related to scaling, data management, and so on. Even though we often come across LCNC as a complete term, there are some differences between LC and NC.

An LC development approach will still require application makers to have at least a fundamental knowledge of software development, since some portion of the application could still use code to support a business logic or a certain...