In 2023, whether it is capital or the IT department, "low code" will definitely be talked about. What exactly is low-code? Is low code a new technology? What value can low-code development bring to enterprises? How can enterprises use low code? In the low-code rivers and lakes of melee, how to distinguish "Monkey King" from "six-eared macaque"?
Low-code literally means "writing less code than normal application development". Taking JNPF as an example, it uses visualization or even WYSIWYG. Through drag-and-drop development, the demand is often initiated by the business department and requires fast Cloud-native applications developed on the cloud.
So how to use low code? In 2016, Gartner released a report on the three classification modes of enterprise software. Among them, the "Speed Layered Application Report" divided enterprise applications into three types: infrastructure type (such as ERP), differentiated type (such as CRM), and innovative type. (such as various mobile applications). You need to understand what you want. The facility type and the differentiated type are relatively traditional fields, while the third type of innovation is more in line with the current situation, that is, the rapid growth of application requirements, that is, non-traditional IT led by business departments The innovative type is "a hot potato that traditional IT departments are unwilling to accept".
The emergence of low-code is to meet these development needs, rather than to grab the OA, CRM or even ERP market. JNPF adopts the two mainstream technologies Java/.Net to develop, focuses on low-code development, supports multi-terminal collaborative operation, provides 100% source code, and supports multiple cloud environment deployments and local deployments. The general solution template that has accumulated a large amount of customer experience can more conveniently solve the pain points of the scene, save 80% of the time and cost for enterprise projects, and can build a one-stop production management system, project management system, invoicing management system, OA office system, HR and finance etc.
It's very interesting, how to distinguish "Monkey King" from "six-eared macaque" in this low-code arena of melee? The core elements "3+1" that a low-code platform must have:
3 capabilities: drag-and-drop visualization, one-time development and multi-terminal operation, and cloud development environment aPaaS.
One must: have a supporting ecology (mature developers, the ability to connect with other clouds or internal enterprise systems).
If these 3 abilities and 1 requirement are not met, then this low code will definitely not be "Monkey King", but only "six-eared macaque". Looking at the low-code manufacturers that have emerged in China in the past two years, we can refer to this standard to understand and use low-code platforms, which is an effective way to maintain digital innovation for enterprises.