What is No-Code?
No-code frameworks are software design systems that allow even non-technical people to execute software without composing a line of code.
These tools usually have a user-friendly interface and drag-and-drop capabilities, allowing you to envision the implementation process and describe the overall business logic with ease.
A no-code framework is a programming platform that uses a visual development interface to enable non-technical users to build applications by dragging and dropping software components to create a full app. Users don’t need any previous coding experience to build applications using no-code.
What is a No-Code development platform?
A no-code platform is a programming platform that uses a visual development interface to enable non-technical users to build applications by dragging and dropping software applications to create a full app.
Users don’t need any previous coding experience to build applications using no-code. It seems to be too amazing to be real. Non-technical enterprise consumers were developing full-fledged apps! Nice messaging, but isn’t it true that it doesn’t succeed in practice?
To build something remotely similar to a functional program, you’ll need talented coders. Low-code, on the other hand, isn’t just a concept; it’s a fact. It’s transforming the market right now, which is why it’s getting so much coverage.
How Low-Code is different from No-Code?
While low-code production systems have been around for over a decade in their present form, they have existed in theory for much longer. If you come from an IT environment, you’ve probably come across low-code in one way or another—either as a 4th/5th generation high-level programming language like Perl, Python, or SQL, or as a derivative of software development.
Internal/capability-level abstractions, logical/behavior-level abstractions, and external/user-level abstractions are common in low-code/no-code creation. It’s helpful to provide a quick overview of both because they’re important points of distinction between Low Code and No-Code platforms.
Top No-Code platforms
There are plenty of No-Code platforms on the market. We have selected the best No-Code platforms on the market today, of which I am a member:
Adalo
Bubble
FlutterFlow
Webflow
What is the future of No-Code development?
At the time of this article's publication, the future of No-Code development is bright, as demand from LOB professionals exceeds the capacity of IT departments to develop and maintain applications. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated this gap as IT help desks strive to support remote workforces. Gartner predicts that 65% of all app development will be low-code by 2024 - and that citizen developers will outnumber enterprise developers by at least four to one by 2023.
However, the exact size and trajectory of strictly no-code apps remains unclear, as the market delineation between low-code and no-code remains fluid. Many low-code platforms offer no-code capabilities, while some no-code vendors offer options for users to customize an app with JavaScript or other programming languages. In addition, analyst firms such as Gartner and Forrester draw soft lines between the no-code and low-code categories. For example, Gartner forecasts a $13.8 billion market for low-code apps in 2021, an increase of nearly 23% from 2020 - but this market categorization encompasses several areas: low-code, no-code, citizen development, robotic process automation (RPA), and other related areas.