Low-code vs No-code: What is right for you?

Low-code platforms involve a more intuitive visual approach to application development, allowing developers to drag and drop components onto a canvas and then integrate the components using popup dialogs and plain language. The simplified interface leads many to believe that building applications using LCP requires little or no knowledge of hand coding. So low-code became synonymous with no code. But at times, these drag and drop components need to be extended by coding to build customized applications.

For example, your developer might want to place a specific widget on the app page, which is not a part of the default widget library of the platform. In this scenario, LCP’s like WaveMaker, allows you to extend the platform capabilities by letting you build such a widget and make it available as a drag-n-drop component for future projects. However, what if the company employed a team of developers who built a UI widget library based on the company’s approved design template and is made available in the platform itself? Then app building becomes a no-code experience.

LCP’s allow citizen developers to create apps without any hand coding and are also capable of letting professional developers create complex applications with a reduced amount of coding. While no-code platforms let citizen developers create basic apps, they are of no use to professional developers.

WaveMaker, as a low-code AD&D platform, enables enterprise IT to create modern complex applications with a variety of integration options and advanced data management capabilities and a broad partner ecosystem. These platforms can be used to customize and modernize apps, including user experience focused-customer facing applications and also have basic process automation capabilities.