How Low Can You Go?

A common question on the playground and now becoming a more common question in the tech world, “how low can you go?”. A new type of software has come to light with the increase of computer usage and the advancements in technology for the business world. The name of this new Software is “No-Code/Lo-Code”. Revolutionizing the business world, and allowing for even non-tech savvy people to be able to navigate and accomplish tasks in the New Age.

For those less acquainted with how software works this will be how this system works in layman's terms. Those who love the details will get more info later in the article. The easiest way to imagine how this works is to think about a puzzle. No-Code systems provide the user with all of the basics to create a simple program. While this is like putting a puzzle together taking pre-coded data and just having it do what you want. 

The next step up would be the Low-Code, kind of like putting together a puzzle with no color and being able to choose what color you wanted each piece to be. Full coding would be like drawing the picture on blank puzzle pieces after you put it together and made sure all of the colors and pieces worked together. Examples of Low/No code would be using an app like “Blogspot” to create a website and blog, you can change some stuff but in the end all of the blogs are going to have the same limitations. An example of full code would be creating your own website to host discussions, sell things or track media, with no pre-made code. That was the simple version if you want more then stick around and we are going to hop into the complicated stuff.

Each piece of code has lines of data in a language that works in conjunction with the software. No code, takes premade data and pairs it together. It has a lot of limitations, the premade code will only work in certain ways. If blank one needs to be filled then there will be either no code options or maybe 2 or 3. The user will not have to be able to perform any coding at all. It takes away the complexity of having to manage a code and allows for just one IT person instead of a whole team, department, or anything more costly. The down side being that it is very limited.

With the Low code it allows for more play with how the software is designed. It still has a majority of plug in options, however each piece of software allows for more play rather than a rigid structure of code that limits everything. Low code option is great for companies that want to be able to have something unique, without the complexity of learning a full code language and understanding it’s nuance’s.

The final option, full code, scares away the faint of heart. Only a full team or even a larger group would want to tackle this option because you have to start from the ground up and completely build your own website. Each piece of software will easily take thousands of lines of code. Which will be compiled from an entire language. These languages are simpler than a spoken language but still complicated enough that it takes time to learn them and how each of them work out.

Low-Code allows for many businesses to start without worrying about software design. Overall, low-code is something we are seeing to be more common and allow for a more "level" playing field for many businesses. Have you utilized low-code? If so, let us know what you used and for what purpose!

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