What is No-Code And Who is It For?
No-code software development enables business professionals with organizational knowledge and operational insight to build applications in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional development.
How Does No-Code Work?
No-code eliminates the need to learn code when implementing business logic for your apps. With a visual approach to software development, no-code users leverage intuitive tools with all the complex programming syntax hidden underneath.
That’s why the term "no-code" is a bit of a misnomer — coding still exists behind the scenes. No-code platforms utilize code abstraction, leaving users free to create their applications via familiar point-and-click and drag-and-drop technology.
How Are No-Code and Low-Code Related?
No-code is the natural evolution of low-code development. Maintaining low code’s goal of rapidly deploying applications, no-code leans further into templated visual models for the benefit of business users without programming experience.
Both no-code and low-code platforms typically come with built-in database infrastructure, cloud hosting, security features, compliance standards, user management and other systems that promote speed and accessibility.
What Are the Benefits of No-Code?
No-code enables organizations to increase team productivity by allowing them to rapidly create custom software applications that support their everyday workflows — without dealing with the cost and complexity of manual coding.
Empowered Business Users
Business users operate visual interfaces inside no-code platforms to bridge the technical gap between an idea and a workable application. They can also adapt applications to changing workflow and customer requirements.
Improved Collaboration
No-code supports real-time data by integrating an online database. By eliminating data silos that often occur with legacy systems, businesses promote cross-functional collaboration and data sharing with a single source of truth.
Faster Time to Market
No-code platforms empower users to deploy apps faster, allowing you to create new products or pursue market opportunities. They reduce the burden on your IT team and help your company gain a competitive edge through digital innovation.
Increased Cost Savings
Reduce the cost of product rollouts and improve business efficiency. With no-code, line of business users are empowered to create innovative apps, enabling businesses to meet the demand for digitized workflows using existing resources.
Simplified Setup and Maintenance
Using no-code platforms, business users can immediately build applications without investing in costly in-house IT infrastructure or constantly monitoring uptime. No-code eliminates complex infrastructure setup and configuration.
Future-Proofed Solutions
Proactively mitigate application breakdowns due to outdated code. No-code platforms automatically update applications so they remain functional and compatible with evolving browsers, operating systems and other technologies.
What is Low Code and Who is It For?
Low-code software development allows proficient coders to build cloud apps faster using a visually intuitive and extensible environment. It accommodates code composition for customized solutions.
How Does Low Code Work?
Low-code development enables skilled developers to complete projects in a shorter time frame. Low-code apps are built, updated and maintained in a visual environment – similar to no-code – but with more emphasis on custom extensions and API integrations. Depending on the platform, coding requirements range from proprietary syntax to industry-standard languages.
When Do You Use Low Code?
Compared with no-code, low-code platforms allow businesses to be more flexible in fulfilling sophisticated application requirements. Common low-code use cases include complex workflow automation, digitization of proprietary business procedures, modernization of disparate legacy systems and increased compliance with industry regulations such as HIPAA and FERPA.
What Are the Benefits of Low Code?
Low code reduces development time for experienced coders through its flexible visual interface. With low code, IT teams expedite app creation and customization, increasing productivity.
Decreased Routine Coding
Low code provides efficient and scalable backend code components to help alleviate delays caused by repetitive coding and mundane maintenance tasks. IT teams gain more time to focus on other technical system developments.
Streamlined Integrations
Meet industry compliance standards while integrating with third-party services using built-in connectors. Low code also provides tech-savvy users the option to integrate existing business tools via APIs for maximum flexibility.
Regulated Shadow IT
Using low code, business users are empowered to innovate by creating custom applications tailored to the way they work. At the same time, they stay within IT guardrails, addressing concerns regarding compatibility and security.
Simplified Automations
By simplifying automation development through visual tools, business users and experienced developers create workflows without complicated code. The business then benefits from automated processes without overloading the IT team.
Accelerated Innovation
By fast-tracking custom software development, low-code platforms enhance an organization’s agility. Since low code enables teams to customize their own apps, innovations in day-to-day operations become the norm, not the exception.
Purpose-Built Applications
By bringing together line-of-business users and the IT department, as well as by allowing for customization and extensibility, low code provides users with the exact application they need to do their job better and faster.
Fast-Track Development With No-Code and Low-Code
The best no-code and low-code platforms enable users to quickly launch custom applications to make an immediate positive impact on the business.
They enable rapid iterations by providing the means to build – and evolve – unique business workflows in a visual design environment. Whether you’re a non-IT citizen developer or an experienced programmer, no-code and low-code greatly accelerate your time to market compared to traditional development and legacy systems.
Both no-code and low-code development promote minimal to no hand-coding and require lower upfront investments in setup, training, implementation and maintenance.
Caspio is the Future of Application Development
Unleash Your Hidden IT Workforce
Businesses lacking an in-house software development team can use no-code platforms to empower their employees to become citizen developers. No-code solutions enable non-programmer roles to step into critical application delivery and allow their organization to quickly develop custom apps.
By allowing citizen developers to take responsibility for delivering applications, no-code solutions free up skilled developers to focus on more advanced projects.
No Code, No Compromise
Caspio is the only no-code platform that provides a fully integrated cloud database, unlimited app users, unlimited app developers and standards-based extensibility.
Business users benefit from a guided visual development platform while technical developers have the option to extend apps using industry-standard technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL. With Caspio, you gain the exact applications you need to support the way you work.
Want to streamline operations on Caspio’s award-winning platform? Schedule a demo today to learn more.
Case Study: Government Health Agency Cures Data Silos With Caspio
The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) runs numerous campaigns like health inspections of restaurants, pools and other facilities, the distribution and allocation of thousands of grants, and so much more. In fact, TDH operates in 100 locations in 95 counties and employs over 5,000 nurses, doctors and administrative staff.
The volume of citizens and the variety of tasks represent a handful of challenges for the state’s health agency, particularly when it comes to managing information silos.
Alfredo Ramirez, TDH director of operations analysis, was brought in specifically to reconcile all information silos across the department.
He needed help from IT to address their data management challenges. However, IT resources were already dedicated to fulfilling bigger state projects that directly impacted health services.
Ramirez wanted a solution where they can convert spreadsheets into online databases, as well as migrate existing MS Access databases to a centralized cloud location without much IT overhead.
Using Caspio, Ramirez and his team started building an invoice tracking system. Then, they developed an inventory control system that monitors 20,000 assets. The project had been in development with IT for 18 months. With Caspio, the custom application was completed within two months.
In the end, the agency achieved its goal of centralizing data and eliminating information silos. TDH also gained visibility into asset, budget and expenditure information at a granular level. More importantly, their team accomplished all of this without having to take critical IT resources off of major healthcare programs that directly benefit the people of Tennessee.
Case Study: Healthcare Provider Streamlines COVID-19 Testing and Compliance Using Caspio
“I’ve always thought that healthcare is recession-proof. And for the first time, I was proven wrong when overnight, 70% of our business was gone,” said Snap Healthcare CEO Gene Howell, describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to their company.
They needed to pivot quickly and come up with a new offering to save the business.
Howell envisioned a secure and scalable application that could track COVID-19 rapid test results for both employers and employees. It was clear to him that using existing software and outdated processes wouldn’t allow them to deliver an efficient cloud-based solution.
At the same time, the app’s database had to be HIPAA-compliant to ensure patient data privacy while allowing employers to securely manage their employee health information.
With traditional development, the app would have taken an estimated six to nine months to complete. Using Caspio, Snap Healthcare launched the application in 60 days.
Today, the Snap Healthcare portal serves as an all-in-one system to manage COVID-19 response programs, streamlining workflows across employers, employees, healthcare professionals and laboratory staff – all within a secure and compliant cloud application.
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Your No-Code vs. Low-Code Questions Answered
Is low-code better than no-code?
If you have a development team, adopting a low-code platform would accelerate their production. But if you have technical-minded business users who do not have a programming background, then your organization would be better served by a no-code platform. While not requiring any coding knowledge, Caspio’s no-code platform allows for customizations via industry-standard extensibility, giving you the best of both worlds.
What is the point of low code?
Low-code platforms enable programming professionals to create applications faster than traditional software development. They abstract code segments into components that can then be put into place on a (mostly) visual interface.
What is the point of no-code?
No-code app-building platforms enable technically minded business users to create simple applications, which traditionally require a development team, by abstracting code segments into visual models.
How does low-code and no-code work?
Low-code and no-code platforms help users visually choose and connect components containing abstracted code. These components represent specific steps or capabilities that users can order together to create the desired application workflow(s).
What is no-code software development?
No-code software development eliminates the need to write code entirely. With no-code platforms, business professionals with no programming experience can use visual tools to create and deploy applications online without the IT overhead.
How are no-code and low-code different?
No-code empowers business users eager to bring their ideas to life using guided visual tools. On the other hand, low code allows technical users to quickly build applications with minimal coding for most use cases, with the option to extend their apps with scripting when required.
Can an entire team collaborate to build apps on Caspio?
Caspio allows unlimited app creators, making it possible for teams to participate in the development process. Promote collaboration and data sharing between teams and stakeholders by inviting them to work on cross-functional apps. With this, you democratize app development in your entire organization.
Does Caspio offer professional services to build apps for me?
Yes! If you already have your application requirements but aren’t too keen on building and testing it yourself, schedule a free Project Consultation session with a Caspio expert today. We’ll help you get all the IT talent you need to build custom solutions for your business.
How can I retrieve my data from the Caspio platform?
With Caspio, you can easily download any information you’ve stored on the platform by scheduling automated data exports or exporting data on demand.
Does Caspio work with other products and services?
Yes! Link Caspio with over 5,000 cloud-based services like Office 365, Salesforce and Mailchimp using our built-in integration with Zapier. It’s also possible to sync data between systems using tasks that automatically transfer data across popular cloud repositories such as Box, Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive.
How much does Caspio cost?
Caspio offers various subscription plans: from a Free Account suitable for simple projects to Corporate Plans that include enterprise features, advanced security and higher service levels. Compare Caspio pricing options to see which plan best fits your requirements.
How do I get started?
Simply sign up for a free trial. If you prefer to talk to a product expert for a personalized and guided introduction to Caspio, schedule a free consultation and our team will reach out to you.
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