You know when something is getting "hot" when all major tech companies (i.e. the Big Five: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google) invest and ...
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There has been some really good No code / Low Code environments around for a long time. Think of Apples Hypercard, File Maker, Fox Pro, and my favorite of all time (still!) Novell AppWare (earlier named Microbrew / programmers workshop / Serius Developer)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppWare
Hi, just curious, what makes you like Appware so much?
It's a discontinued product for decades now, but what I liked was that it has already solved cross platform development problems in the 90s. The final builds have been very small and while you needed a big screen for "development" (remember: 12 to 14 inch have been common this days, 15 to 17" have been expensive and 19" only common for DTP).
The term "application developmen" came up this time, low code / no code wasn't a term this days. You could easily click together a full business application in days. I could even write services and background application (I used it to adapt serial devices to File Maker Pro applications).
Low-code is and always has been a fad. It mostly works for some things, it never makes big traction for the big companies who offer it besides other products.
So expect the these big companies abandon their low code platforms, again.
Bet on the "smaller" companies whose main business is the low code tools/platform they offer.
Microsoft, Apple, and Google have killed of their low code projects multiple times already.
In the good old days most low code tools were standalone, and not saas. Which means you did not lose your project when the low code product was shut down. With SaaS, and especially the big five companies, you should not expect a long life for your project.
Another oldie, but goodie is FileMaker Pro. It's wholly owned by Apple and has been around since the 80s. Lots of small businesses use it.
Thanks Andrew. I do know FileMaker but I wasn't aware it was now owned by Apple!
Oh yes. I made a substantial amount of money developing File Maker solutions. It was Claris first, then Apple and now File maker Inc. Still owned by Apple.
I would add Apple’s Shortcuts app to this list. It’s absolutely incredible what that thing can do.
You're right. Didn't know this one but after checking it out, it deserves to be in the list. thanks!
Odd, I've always heard it as FAANG. When did Netflix get replaced by Microsoft?
What I found is this: "The acronym, coined by Goldman Sachs, includes these companies for two reasons. First of all, the big five tech companies make up as much as 13% of the value of the whole S&P500 by market capitalization."
Anyway, I didn't check but I guess Netflix has also some low-code initiative ;-)