foreword
Hello everyone, I am Liu Ming, a ten-year entrepreneurial veteran and open source technology enthusiast.
Since 2022, I have been paying attention to products in the low-code field. I have experienced Baidu Amis, Tencent Express, and Ali's low-code engine lowcode-engine, and also paid attention to foreign BudiBase and AppSmith. Just recently, Huawei also launched a low-code product Astro Zero, so let's experience it quickly.
Introduction
The Astro Zero launched by Huawei this time, the Chinese name is [Astro Light Application], which is actually the AppCube (Application Rubik's Cube) among them. It should be a product reconstruction, so it directly changed its name. At present, Astro Zero mainly focuses on three major modules, which are
- low code
- zero code
- Business big screen visualization
It can be seen from the independence of the two modules of low-code and zero-code that Huawei is trying to solve a long-standing drawback of low-code products: programmers are unwilling to use it, and ordinary users will not use it.
This is a good design intention, interested children's shoes can apply for experience. Astro provides four packages of specifications: Free Edition, Standard Edition, Professional Edition and Exclusive Edition. The Astro free version does not limit the usage time, does not involve unsubscribing and resource release, but the available resources are limited (0 yuan/month, including 10 users).
resource address
Astro experience address
Astro help documentation
Case 1: Experience quickly building a check-in applet with zero code
Case 2: Experience quickly building a large user data screen
experience process
Children's shoes only need to experience according to the operation manual of Case 1 or Case 2, and basically there will be no problems. After experiencing Case 1 and Case 2, you can also experience the templates that come with the Astro system. At present, there are probably nearly a hundred sets of templates in the system. Targeted modification and refinement on the basis of templates can greatly increase the speed of application development.
If the template is also experienced, you can try to develop an application from 0 by yourself. I believe that at this point, you have basically understood the entire development process of Astro.
Let’s summarize the experience process:
1. Register
2. Apply for a free trial version
3. Develop cases 1 and 2 according to the operation manual
4. Install templates to develop new applications
5. Develop new applications from 0
Throughout the process, we should focus on the following concepts
Application
form : An application contains multiple forms
Automation : Automation can solve repetitive manual operations. It is actually written in javascript code for front-end development, but it is done in Astro zero code Visual
views and components Astro's views and components are adaptive for PC and mobile
Trample record
Astro's operation manual is very detailed, and basically there will be no big pitfalls.
If you are a novice, you should pay attention to Case 1. When adding a check-in personnel list, because they are internal employees of the company, you must enter the employee list in advance in the [Business Configuration Center]. This detail is not mentioned in the operating manual.
experience impression
After experiencing many low-code products, I have to say that Huawei Astro made two modules of low-code and zero-code, which is a huge innovation and can meet the needs of different groups of people. In terms of zero code, Astro's product experience is very good, which is suitable for rapid development of internal applications of the company. In particular, automated visual programming lowers the threshold for application development and is a huge innovation in zero-code applications. But having said that, no matter how simple visual programming is, it also needs a certain logic foundation, so if Astro wants to sell well among large customers, it still needs service providers to help with customer training.