Table of contents
1. What is a low-code development platform?
2. The value of a low-code development platform
1. Cost reduction and efficiency increase
4. Enterprise-level underlying capabilities
3. Experience in using low-code development platforms
7. Multi-tenant implementation
1. What is a low-code development platform?
The low-code development platform is aPaaS (Application Platform as a Service), which is a platform that can quickly complete application system development with only a small amount of coding + drag & drop of visual components. The term was first proposed by Forrester Research in June 2014.
Low-code development platforms usually have the following characteristics:
- Visual Integrated Development Environment (Visual IDE);
- A large number of reusable and drag-and-drop components (drag & drop);
- API Application Programming Interface (Application Programming Interface);
- etc.
If you still don’t understand this concept, you can look at similar tools and platforms, for example, Automator in the Mac system or shortcut commands in iOS (originally called workflow), or ifttt, which has been popular for a while a few years ago... …
2. The value of a low-code development platform
If we need to use low-code, we must first clarify what value the low-code platform can bring us.
The following are some values I have summarized for your reference.
1. Cost reduction and efficiency increase
According to statistics, the efficiency of low-code development in the application of enterprise internal informationization is about 67%, which is equivalent to one person being able to exert the human efficiency of 2-3 people. After the development is completed, the cycle of testing and optimization will be greatly shortened accordingly. Therefore, it may take 3 months for the same project to be done through traditional coding methods, but low-code is expected to be completed in about 1 month. Whether it is manpower occupation or time cost, low code has absolute advantages in reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
2. Step by step
You don't need to do a lot of preparation work to start coding like code development in the past. Through low-code WYSIWYG, rapid development features. Many business practices or optimizations can be developed in a few minutes and get feedback on the results. This will directly change the original corporate digitalization strategy plan. Make the overall planning process of digitization more calm. Don't worry about the problem that once you start developing a lot of things, you can't modify it and you can't go back. The modular development model will make the entire business more flexible and better able to match market changes.
3. Full participation
Different from the situation where IT personnel must participate in traditional coding, for some basic changes or development work, the low-code platform no longer requires IT personnel to "hands-on". Business personnel can also configure the platform according to their own needs. In companies with shortage of IT resources, this model will greatly increase the enthusiasm of employees to participate in information construction, and better promote the implementation of enterprise digitalization.
4. Enterprise-level underlying capabilities
The most important significance of the enterprise level is that it must be able to become an important "pillar" of informatization that supports the development of various departments and businesses of the enterprise. The digital application scenarios of enterprises usually include data information management, business approval, various report analysis and Other business;
- According to the business department, it can be divided into personnel administration, project, sales, research and development, production, etc.;
- According to the current software category, it can be divided into ERP, SCM, CRM, OA, PLM, MES, etc.
There are other defining standards in various industries.
Therefore, if you want to purchase a low-code platform, whether it can support the above-mentioned scenarios to complete system development tasks will be the most critical factor for all companies to purchase platforms. Nobody wants to buy a toolbox that only solves one problem.
3. Experience in using low-code development platforms
Taking the tried-out JNPF development platform as an example, let's talk about the usage logic of the low-code platform in depth.
User-based low-code development is no different from traditional pure code development, and the two can also help each other forward. JNPF's full source code support and the ability to integrate third-party interfaces can well integrate the two.
Project address: https://www.jnpfsoft.com/?csdn , you can experience it by yourself like me.
1. Code generator
Zero-code development: equipped with a large number of reusable controls, through the operation interface elements, drag and drop controls to automatically generate visual applications;
Low-code development: Based on Mybatis-plus-generator, a set of code generators is customized. By configuring the annotations of the database fields, the WEB front-end (vue), mobile terminal (vue), and back-end (controller, entity, mapperxml, service) and other codes, greatly reducing the difficulty of development;
2. Workflow
Workflow service is a set of workflow solutions self-developed by JNPF, including process form and process engine. The process form is visually designed and highly configurable. It adopts structured form template design and centralized analysis mode design. Adapt to the needs of various scenarios in China's national conditions, configuration WYSIWYG, low code, high configuration;
3. Portal design
Brand-new portal design, simple operation, free drag and drop, multi-terminal self-adaptation for one-time editing, fully meeting the individual needs of users.
4. Large screen design
Freely layout pages, drag and drop controls to the page, set content and data binding for different controls, and realize large-screen visual page development with what you see is what you get;
5. Report design
No need to develop any code, users only need to configure a series of parameters on the interface to realize the configuration of various types of reports, online rendering of report content, report export, printing and other functions;
6. Third-party login
The out-of-the-box third-party authorization login tool library provides a unified interface and supports access to any OAuth website, quickly
Fast implementation of OAuth login function.
7. Multi-tenant implementation
Multi-tenancy technology, or multi-tenancy technology, is a software architecture technology that discusses and implements how to share the same system or program components in a multi-user environment, and can ensure the isolation of data between users. In the era of cloud computing, multi-tenant technology provides the same or even customizable services for most clients with a single system architecture and services in a shared data center, and can still guarantee the isolation of customer data.
The above only shows some functions, and its powerful technology stack and database are also worth knowing about.
Four. Summary
The construction of the application is very fast. It takes about an hour to understand the platform and experience the process. It will take a lot of time to conceive the requirements, but the actual workload is not much.
In fact, everyone should understand after experiencing it that it is very simple to build applications with low code, even much simpler than PPT templates. In the case of clarifying the logic of the application, it is like building blocks or building Lego toys. You only need to use a little computer to complete the building operation.