Since the concept of low-code was formally proposed in 2014, low-code has been constantly evolving and improving itself. In the past 7 years, the United States has been leading the development of the global low-code industry as a leader, but this situation is about to be broken, because China is expected to surpass the United States to become the global leader in low-code development!
Mendix, the global leader in enterprise low-code application development, today released a survey report on the status quo of global low-code development . The survey began in May, with 2,025 IT technicians and IT decision-makers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China. participants participated in this survey.
The research on the Chinese market in the report shows that China, with its vigorous development and forward-looking exploration, is rapidly promoting the development of this low-code market, which also highlights the progress of China's IT technology and a favorable market development environment.
1. The epidemic allows low-code to take advantage of the situation
The outbreak of the global epidemic has completely upended the entire world, prompting companies to actively explore digital transformation, and the Chinese market is no exception. According to the survey report, 59% of the respondents said that the digital transformation brought about by the epidemic has exceeded their expectations, and enterprises have gradually realized that the software development model they have been accustomed to can no longer meet the growing demand.
As a result, it has become a consensus to actively embrace low-code development techniques, with 85% of IT decision makers saying low-code is a trend they can't miss.
2. China's low-code market is developing strongly
In this research report, the research results of the Chinese market are consistent with the global results, but they also show strong performance in many fields.
Development momentum and huge potential, the important findings of this survey are as follows:
- Ninety-three percent of IT professionals say businesses will accelerate software development, higher than in the US (90%) and well above Europe (74%) .
- 86% of respondents said that the demand for developers in enterprises has reached a fever pitch.
- 58% of software development projects are delivered on time or even ahead of schedule, much higher than in the US (28%) and Europe (19%), but 42% of software development projects are still behind schedule and 56% of IT technicians say work The backlog is growing.
- 89% of businesses that are using low-code say the pandemic has driven the use of low-code technology, higher than the US (83%) and Europe (78%).
- Nearly half (44%) of the IT technicians surveyed said that nearly half (44%) of their day-to-day development work can be done on a low-code platform .
3. Low-code keywords: speed up, flexibility, cost reduction
When it comes to the benefits of low-code for the digital transformation of enterprises, cost reduction and efficiency enhancement have become the most frequently mentioned keywords by Chinese respondents. Among the many benefits, the top three are :
- Helping businesses achieve faster development (48%)
- Respond more flexibly to business needs (46%)
- Reduce software development costs (46%)
As a veteran low-code manufacturer, J2PaaS has always aimed to create "cost-reducing and efficiency-enhancing" development tools for enterprises, and pioneered "parametric" development. Through visualization, componentization, and low-code development, what you see is what you get, that is, change. Effective, quickly reduce costs and increase efficiency for enterprises.
The surveyed Chinese companies that participated in the survey said that the application of low-code helped them reduce the impact of IT by 55%, and more than half (53%) of the low-code development and application involved technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of Things, and realized the Technical collaboration.
Among the respondents, 75% of Chinese enterprises have adopted low-code. Although it is still less than 80% of the US, China's software market is huge and has huge development potential. As Wang Jiong, general manager of Mendix China, said: The core value of low-code is that it is faster and more efficient, which coincides with the tireless pursuit of continuous innovation by Chinese companies.
Therefore, in the process of promoting digital transformation all over the world, low-code has become an inescapable technical means. J2PaaS, an enterprise-level low-code platform, will also continue to explore a digital road that is in line with the development of Chinese enterprises, and use low-code technology to help enterprises digitize!