Low-Code Development Platform (LCDP)

A Low-Code Development Platform (LCDP) is a software development platform that allows the creation of software systems through software descriptions and software configuration (instead of conventional hand-coded computer programming).

• Context:
  • It can enable Non-Programmers to perform Application Development.
  • It can (often) reduce the initial cost of setup, training, deployment, and maintenance
  • It can support Model-Driven Design, Automatic Code Generation and Visual Programming.
  • It can range from being a Basic LCDP to being a Full-Featured LCDP.
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• Example(s):
  • a Fifth-Generation Development Language, such as: Prolog and Mercury
  • a Fourth-Generation Development Language, such as: SQL and MATLAB
  • a Data Science Low-Code Web Platform, such as: Streamlit and Dash framework
  • a Full-Featured LCDP, such as: OutSystems, a platform designed enterprise applications.
  • a Business-Oriented LCDP, such as: Appian, a low-code business process management platform.
  • API Retool.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a No-Code Development Platform, which requires no coding experience at all.
  • a Notebooking Environment, which primarily allows for code execution and visualization but usually requires manual coding.
  • a Software Development IDE, which usually necessitates hand-coding.
• See: Rapid Application Development, End-User Development, Application Software, Computer Programming, Code Generation.

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References

2021

• "10 Best Low-Code Development Platforms in 2022."
  • QUOTE: ... What is Low-Code Platform?

    Low-code development platform is an application that provides the Graphical User Interface for programming and thereby develops the code at a very fast rate & reduces the traditional programming efforts.

    These tools help in the fast development of code by minimizing hand-coding efforts. These platforms not only help with coding but also with the quick setup and deployment.

    Best low code development platforms

  • List of Top Low-code Development Platforms

       Comparison Table of Low-code Platforms
       #1) Visual LANSA
       #2) Retool
       #3) The m-Power Development Platform
       #4) Quixy
       #5) Creatio
       #6) GeneXus
       #7) Zoho Creator
       #8) Web.com
       #9) UI Bakery
       #10) Strikingly
       #11) Appian
       #12) KiSSFLOW – BPM & Workflow Software
       #13) Mendix
       #14) OutSystems
       #15) Salesforce Lightning
       #16) Microsoft PowerApps
       #17) AppSheet
       #18) Google App Maker
       #19) FileMaker

• • Working of Low-code Development Platforms

    With these platforms, you don’t have to write the code line-by-line. It will allow you to draw a flowchart and the code will get created. Code-development gets faster with this method....

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-code_development_platform Retrieved:2020-5-6.
  • A low-code development platform (LCDP) is software that provides a development environment used to create application software through graphical user interfaces and configuration instead of traditional hand-coded computer programming. A low-code model enables developers of varied experience levels to create applications using a visual user interface in combination with model-driven logic. Such platforms may produce entirely operational applications, or require additional coding for specific situations. Low-code development platforms reduce the amount of traditional hand coding, enabling accelerated delivery of business applications. A common benefit is that a wider range of people can contribute to the application's development—not only those with formal programming skills. LCDPs can also lower the initial cost of setup, training, deployment and maintenance.

    Though not given a specific name until June 9, 2014, by the industry analyst Forrester Research, the low-code development platform market traces back to 2011.

    LCDPs trace their roots back to fourth-generation programming language and rapid application development tools of the 1990s and early 2000s. Similar to these predecessor development environments, LCDPs are based on the principles of model-driven design, automatic code generation, and visual programming. The concept of end-user development also existed previously, although LCDPs brought some new ways of approaching this development.

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