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Everything You Need to Know about No-Code Development Platforms in 2022

Are you curious to know about no-code development platforms? This article provides a guide to no-code development platforms. So, let’s read on!

What is a No-Code Development Platform?

A No-Code Development Platform, in short NCDP, lets you build an application software using GUIs (graphical user interfaces) and configuration and you don’t need any computer programming. NCDP, like the low-code platforms, speeds up the development process. In NCDP, you create applications leveraging the prebuilt templates. NCDPs can serve you well when you have a mobile workforce and a shortage of software developers.

Advantages of No-Code Development PLatforms

Some of the advantages of using No Code Development Platforms include:

  1. Access More than 50% of business-to-employee mobile apps are developed using no-code tools. As a result, there is an increasing growth in app creators.

From the coders to anyone having an internet connection and functional business acumen.

  1. Agility
    No code platforms offer templated user interface along with the user experience functionality that fulfills standard requirements, such as workflows, forms, and data display.

  2. Richness
    At some point, NCDPs were considered only during the creation of basic application functions. However, today, they provide feature-richness and integrations. Now, no-code developers can design, develop, and deploy software apps to meet their business-specific needs.

  3. Security
    Security features provided by NCDPs are secure API endpoints, secure code with plugins, platform access control, security audits, compliance, single sign-on, authentication, application access control, etc.

Concerns Regarding No-Code Development Platforms

You might face challenges if you are building a no-code app that stores consumer data. Proponents of NCDP claim custom code bears higher security risk than platform code which is validated by its continuous usage over various applications. No-code solutions let you mask up all that is happening behind the scenes. Hence, users are free to change or modify a field when fixing certain security-related errors.

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