Low Code/No Code Apps Accelerate Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is no longer optional for organizations hoping to remain competitive. And a big part of digital transformation is the use of apps.

Apps are essential for supporting your company’s processes, facilitating your team’s productivity, and helping your customers locate and purchase your products.

However, custom apps can be costly and often require the services of a software developer. Previously, that was your only choice. But low code/no code technology has opened tremendous possibilities for companies without coding expertise. Now many businesses can create custom apps to solve specific challenges and accelerate their digital transformation.

Low code/no code technology has also been a boon for helping post-pandemic businesses adapt to a new environment and remain competitive.

What is the Low Code/No Code Movement?

With more companies moving towards a digital environment, custom applications that address business problems are in high demand. Organizations want automated workflows, improved access to analytics, and support for remote employees and job sharing.

These apps can have a broad range of uses. One app locates parking spaces for a large fleet distribution center, while another automates paid time off requests for an HR department.

Businesses increasingly rely on apps to streamline data analysis, expense management, and order-to-cash workflows. In fact, the possibilities are endless.

Even innovations such as rapid app development (RAD) programs required a relatively deep understanding of coding and having a software developer on the team.

Recognizing the situation, companies like Microsoft developed low code/no code platforms. They simplified and streamlined app development by designing user-friendly graphical interfaces and drag-and-drop tools.

Low code platforms are so straightforward that users with limited experience can design enterprise-grade apps. You can build your own apps if you know how to use PowerPoint and Excel. You don’t need a programmer or technical developer.

Traditional Coded Apps:

• Require technical knowledge and programming experience
• Built by software designers with lines of code
• Varying degrees of complexity

Low Code/No Code Apps:

• Need no specialized knowledge
• Users can develop them using a drag-and-drop interface
• Appropriate to meet simple or complex challenges
• Can be targeted business apps
• Allow professional developers to work on more strategic projects
• Allow users to create new apps adding value to their role
• Lower app development costs
• Smaller companies can design apps without outsourcing or hiring new staff

Apps on the market cover a range of low code or no code. No code is a starting point, but some apps may morph into increasingly complex low code and pro code applications. If they reach a certain level of complexity, you may need to bring in professional developers. Also, you may need some help integrating them into your company’s technology ecosystem.

Microsoft Power Platform

Thousands of apps must be built daily to keep up with the demand for more and better solutions. But skilled software engineers are in short supply. Microsoft Power Platform is a low code, no code platform that puts app development into the hands of citizen developers with limited coding knowledge.

At Enavate, almost 100 team members have completed Power Platform training, part of the company’s effort in alignment with Microsoft’s continued investment in Power Platform.

Microsoft’s vision is for Power Platform to be the core extensibility platform across the entire suite of Dynamics 365 business applications. Power Platform specialists will be able to work with any Dynamics 365 solution.

The Microsoft Power Platform, with low code/no code and drag-and-drop capabilities, consists of these primary areas:

• Power Apps – Create simple to complex apps without coding knowledge, including company-wide applications that integrate into broader systems and workflows.
• Power Automate – Create workflows to automate your business processes—for instance, an app to automate sales order processing, data entry, and reordering.
• Power BI – Gather data to create interactive reports and dashboards for better insight for making informed business decisions.
• Power Virtual Agents – Create AI-driven chatbots that communicate with customers and automate customer support.

How Low Code/No Code Accelerates Digital Transformation

Low code/no code platforms give everyone the ability to develop apps. Most users with basic computing experience can learn programs like Microsoft Power Apps to build web and mobile apps. The Power Platform also supports more than 500 certified connectors providing native integration to external enterprise and software as a service (SaaS) applications.

Would you like to see what your team can accomplish with Microsoft Power Platform? Contact our experts at Enavate today to learn more.

By Enavate, www.enavate.com

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