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Low Code & Enterprise Solutions. How does It Work ?

The current state of IT development is on the verge of a big “boom” where a new kind of software development system seeks to adjust to the rapid changes in the business processes and software needs.

Such systems, in contrast to pure BPMS, do not take a business process as a design object, but as an application element for which various functions are initially integrated into the platform:

- Creating, editing, displaying a list in various formats

- Filtering, and the possibility of consistent interaction with this element of different users with different access rights.

We are talking about Low-code platforms that use visual interfaces with simple logic, many pre-installed operations with elements, and drag-and-drop functions instead of the classic use of programming languages to create business applications.

The low-code approach is changing the way companies design IT infrastructure, providing the required speed of change and flexibility. However, the use of a low-code platform doesn’t mean that professional developers will not be needed.

Let’s look at the possibilities of Low-code platforms in companies and big Enterprises.

Advantages of Using Low Code

Instead of complex code development where various libraries need to be connected, Low-code developer uses visual templates and drag and drop. It works with ready-made data types, forms, modules, such as:

- creation of sections and applications

- a visual form of displaying elements of applications and lists

- distribution of access rights

- work with document templates, etc.

Using out-of-the-box and extensible operations and plugins to customize how the application works:

- sending a message

- sending letter

- problem identification

- an application element creation

- changing the status of an application element

- sending messages

- barcode recognition

Developing applications using a low-code platform really speeds up the software development cycle, converting it to a large part of the visual modeling of applications, simplifying debugging and testing. It provides sharing and quick editing of information and also facilitates the process of transferring developed applications between environments (development, test, production).

With the advent of the Low-code platform, representatives of "small" and "medium" businesses are given ample opportunities to put things in order in their companies, build business processes, control and monitor data, share it - and all this without the need to create a specialized IT department or seeking expensive consulting and implementations from specialized companies.

But what about Enterprises and their IT departments?

The difference between Enterprise customers can be shown in the presence of a large IT infrastructure, that includes a variety of information systems to solve various business challenges used by various business departments.

Cases of using the Low-code platform for such customers could are:

- Developing new application solutions for areas of the business that has not been covered yet. In this case, the implementation does not differ much from small and medium-sized business clients. The differences can be in the maturity of the initial requirements provided, since large companies have separate divisions, departments of analysts, and structured business requirements are provided to the developers.

- Replacing the functionality of an obsolete system. Some of the enterprise users may be too attached to the past system and find it difficult to adjust to the updated versions. It may be necessary to meet them halfway and implement familiar features from the previous system. That is where developers rush to the rescue to implement features with separate code since Low-code platforms provide convenient tools for developing extension points.

- Integration of operations from disparate systems into one application. Provides the ability to track the application element's life cycle. Here developers work with a sacred notion of "integration". That is where the Low-code platform can provide pre-prepared connectors or tools for setting up the integration and data parsing.

- Full completion of all operational processes in the company. In this case, the Low-code platform not only provides a routing and monitoring tool but completes part of the business functionality. Tasks like transferring highly needed features from the previous system, building an information flow using integration, or creating an interface for working with one application or another. And, of course, let's not forget about the laborious migration of data from different systems into different formats. In these low-code tasks, the developer and the project developer act as a united force, complementing each other. A low-code developer builds the main backbone of the application, sets up attributes, forms, dynamics, processes, statuses, main interfaces, using the basic capabilities of the platform, and then the project developer comes into play, adding various modules and complex interfaces, packaging them into separate services and plugins, which the Low-code developer will be able to operate in the future.

Summary

The use of the low-code platform provides many opportunities for fast and flexible development. It automates routine operations that developers had to create from system to system. These operations can now be used by a novice Low-code developer. At the same time, professional development expertise is still in great demand. First, do not forget that the Low-code platforms need to be developed from scratch. Secondly, not a single Enterprise project can do without the development of specialized modules, integrations, interfaces, and services.

And a big plus is the possibility of developing Low-code platforms from vendors based on solutions developed by integrators, partners, and clients themselves, taking into account real use cases that have not yet found their implementation in the current functionality.

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