As we say goodbye to 2019, we look ahead to 2020 and the excitement it brings. 2019 was another year of amazing growth in the low-code industry and Forrester Research expects the low-code market to keep growing, in fact, they predict a 40% annual growth rate and a market worth $21 billion by 2022. Despite … …
Continue readingWho’s Coding Your Business Applications?
No-code/Low-code platforms have rekindled the idea that “amateur” programmers, also known as citizen developers, can increase efficiency and effectiveness throughout the entire business. A citizen developer is a non-IT professional who is capable of solving business problems by creating applications in low-code development environments. For example, Bob from accounting has an idea to make his … …
Continue readingFive Things You Need to Know About Simplifying Complex Automation Processes
In today’s business world, the term process automation gets used quite a bit. But what exactly is process automation and how can it truly help your business? How do you know what processes to automate or what processes can even be automated? These are the type of questions executives and IT managers ask and get … …
Continue readingBrunswick Chooses Low-Code Over Open Source to Modernize Core App
We recently held a webinar that addressed a rising trend in the use of declarative development styles, and one of the main themes cited by guest speaker, John Rymer, VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester, was the increasing popularity of using low-code solutions to build enterprise applications. Declarative development is a spectrum of techniques and tools … …
Continue readingLow-Code >> High Control
Low-Code >> High Control — A LANSA webinar with Forrester Research and Brunswick The term ‘low-code’ was defined by Forrester Research in 2014 to describe a new development platform that enables rapid application delivery with a minimum of hand-coding, and quick setup and deployment, for systems of engagement. Since then, low-code development platforms have further … …
Continue readingThe New Spectrum of Application Development
What we know as ‘low-code’ is changing. The problem is application development is still too difficult, too expensive and requires too many resources. The low-code market is fragmenting as solutions are now offering different approaches to tackle this problem. Right now, we’re seeing four categories that range from no-code to full-code. In this white paper, … …
Continue readingWhat is Google Material Design & How Does It Affect Modern Application Development?
Google recognized the need to unify, simplify and standardize the design of its UI across desktop, web and mobile devices to provide a modern, intuitive experience for its users. The company set out to proactively address the lack of a single design pattern for all devices and did a total development reset, inventing a system … …
Continue readingSix Ways Low-Code Tackles the Never-Ending Skills Shortage
I attended a one-day DevOps conference in London last week. It was an enjoyable day – some good speakers on the podium and an intelligent and enlightened audience (from the questions they were asking at least). From the very first session, one of the most important challenges raised by the speakers and the audience was … …
Continue readingTake Back Control of Your Application Backlog
Is it fair for the IT department to be characterized as the department known for always saying “No”? Not really, because it’s simply not true. However, let’s not let the truth get in the way of a good story. IT gets a bad rap because they want to do the right thing. Doing the right … …
Continue readingWhy is Software Application Development So Much Fun?
It has become a rather interesting question to ponder over the years: What has drawn so many people into this field? Various estimates peg the number of worldwide software developers at 20 million. My middle child (age 14) shows all the signs: he takes great delight in taking timeout from flashy distractions and video games … …
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