No-code development platform: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:12, 29 January 2025

Revision as of 22:13, 29 January 2025

Line 4:

'''No-code development platforms''' ('''NCDPs''') allow creating [[application software]] through [[graphical user interface]]s and configuration instead of traditional [[computer programming]] based on writing [[source code|code]].

As with [[low-code development platform]]s, it is meant to expedite application development,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Austin|title=Low Code vs No Code Explained|url=https://www.bmc.com/blogs/low-code-vs-no-code/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=BMC Blogs|language=en-US}}</ref> but unlike low-code, no-code development involves no code writing. This is usually done by offering prebuilt templates for building apps.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best No-Code Development Platforms|url=https://www.g2.com/categories/no-code-development-platforms#learn-more|website=G2}}</ref> In the 2010s, both of these types of platforms increased in popularity as companies dealt with a limited supply of competent [[software developer]]s.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Rouse|first1=Margaret|title=low-code/no-code development platform (LCNC platform)|url=https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/low-code-no-code-development-platform|website=www.techtarget.com|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref>

No-code development is closely related to [[visual programming language]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/programming-without-code-no-code-software-development|title=Programming Without Code: The Rise of No-Code Software Development|date=11 March 2020|publisher=IEEE}}</ref>

== Use ==