I. Introduction
The label of low-code "flexible, fast, and low-threshold" has brought a lot of controversy to it. Is it possible to only build extremely simple, non-bright small functions on a low-code platform? Can the "programmers for all" brought about by low code really bring social value? Is this a bubble illusion of prosperity, or real market demand? Are low-code platforms and real programmers in opposition to each other?
With these questions in mind, chat with programmers in the industry who have been "robbed of their jobs" in the controversy, and see how the protagonists in this hustle and bustle think and do.
2. Unraveling the mysteries of low code
Programmers will care more about using good tools to do more valuable things.
Regarding the low-code controversy, many people have doubts: Now that companies such as Siemens, IBM, and Microsoft are developing low-code development platforms, is it possible that the direction of these large technology companies that have been in business for more than 50 years is chaotic? In fact, you don’t have to worry about whether low-code can work or not, and you don’t need to worry about directional issues. Just look at the needs of thousands of companies. These are the real needs of the market. When the general trend comes, it cannot be said that it is necessary to go retrograde because of risks. This is impossible. We only need to care about doing business well.
As for the low-code replacement of developers involved, it is simply a fantasy.
To be honest, low-code will not replace programmers at all, it is more like a good friend of programmers, and can complement each other. Low-code can free programmers from tedious repetitive coding and do more valuable things.
3. What problems can low code solve?
The demand for application development is strong, and many enterprises and developers have turned to low-code, especially the high-speed iteration of the Internet has led to explosive growth in the demand for enterprise application development. Traditional code-only application research and development methods are gradually weak, and low-code has become a necessary part of enterprise digital capabilities.
Low code will roughly solve the following aspects:
1. Lower the threshold of application development
Traditional software takes a long time to develop, and it is difficult to adapt to the rapidly changing user needs of the software market. So how to solve it? 1-2 professional developers will take the lead, and let non-professional developers/business personnel use low-code platforms to assist in development according to market needs.
It can not only solve the problems of accumulation of task requirements and high cost of personnel recruitment under the traditional development mode, but also allow business personnel/non-professional developers to assist in the implementation of applications according to market and business needs, and avoid problems such as incorrect products.
For professional developers, it also has higher value, focusing more on innovative, valuable, and highly differentiated work, while meeting the individual and agility needs of enterprises.
2. Strengthen communication and collaboration in the development process
The reason for many software development failures is that the requirements are not well understood and the communication is not in place. In the traditional development mode, business, product, design, development, testing and other personnel perform their own duties, and each has a set of tools and languages exclusive to his own field, which makes cross-departmental communication very difficult and inefficient.
The so-called, there are specializations in the technical industry, those who understand technology do not understand business, and those who understand business do not understand technology, resulting in each having their own thinking, which is prone to problems in the follow-up. Either the technical staff redeveloped it, or the business staff used it forcibly.
The emergence of low-code makes business and technology simpler and smoother, and reduces development costs and delayed delivery problems to a certain extent.
Of course, the most important thing is to learn from each other's strengths, rather than abandoning one side for development. We need to take advantage of the respective advantages of traditional development and low-code to accelerate the progress of future software development. The low-code model is still in the exploratory stage, and some problems will inevitably be encountered in the process. But no matter what the current situation is, it can be regarded as a crucial step, and the future development can still be expected, we will wait and see!
4. Easy-to-use low-code platform
There are many low-code platforms on the market, and JNPF is one of them. An enterprise-level low-code platform built by a technical team with more than 10 years of experience in system development and enterprise project delivery. Based on SpringBoot+Vue3, it adopts microservices, front-end and back-end separation architecture, and based on visual process modeling, form modeling, and report modeling tools, quickly builds business applications. The platform can be deployed locally and also supports K8S deployment.
Application experience address: https://www.jnpfsoft.com/?csdn
In addition to the above-mentioned functions, it is also equipped with visual function engines such as chart engine, interface engine, portal engine, and organizational user engine to basically realize the visual construction of the page UI. There are hundreds of functional controls and templates built in, so that it can meet the personalized needs of users to the greatest extent under the simple operation of dragging and dropping. Since the functions of the JNPF platform are relatively complete, this article chooses this tool to expand, so that you can see the advantages of low-code more intuitively.
V. Summary _
The low-code development platform is not to subvert developers, but to free developers from heavy and repetitive code and participate in more valuable development links. Rather than saying that a low-code development platform will "kill" developers, it is better to say that it will "kill" traditional development models.