I challenged low-code with code
Development with the low-code platforms is stated to be 5 to 7 times faster than traditional development. Time to apply for early retirement I guess, so long, and thanks for all the fishes!
Well…maybe not, there still might be a chance for us traditional developers as well. There is a broad catalog of open source components that do similar things that low code does. I’ll demonstrate how you write applications with low-code platforms and how you can challenge the productivity gains with open source components.
I’m going to use OutSystems as the representation for low-code platforms. OutSystems is a platform I’ve used and I also have an OutSystems developer certificate. So, I know at least something about it. The intention of this blog is not to undersell low-code. On the contrary, I feel that OutSystems can do many things very well, not all, but many.
Low-code platforms usually use graphical programming tool, where many commonly used features come out of the box. From these graphical presentations, OutSystems creates C# code and jQuery or React-based web applications. If you’re interested to learn OutSystems, they provide a free development environment to test out the platform and, in my opinion, one of the best practice materials I’ve come across:
