No-Code Development: Breaking The Myths

Automation is the latest innovation trend, especially when it comes to monitoring, reporting and tracking business processes. Automation vastly increases productivity by empowering users with tools to enhance efficiency, minimize operating cost and time, and eliminate room for errors. It is the driving force behind reliability and results, which are at the heart of every innovation. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that every business, regardless of its size, is eager to automate.

Due to their ability to smoothly speed up development, no-code and low code platforms have emerged as front-runners in the list of powerful tools that businesses can utilize to power their automation efforts. Everything you require to translate your vision into an application is at your disposal. Forget coding, a few drags-and-drops accompanied with a simple UI, and your enterprise application is good to go. Despite the edge no-code platforms provide to businesses, many myths seem to cloud the path for decision-makers to get on board. What people fail to grasp is that essentially no-code doesn't try to avoid code, but the shortcomings associated with it, i.e. cost, speed, extra resources.

No-code platforms essentially empower businesses to grow quicker than ever before by making their goals feasible. To make sure as many people as possible get to utilize the magic of rapid application development, we'd like to bust some myths and present you with the facts, so that you can make the right decision!

Myth 1: No-code platforms are just a fad.

A considerable percentage of professionals in the industry believe that No-code is just a trend. This belief further cultivates the idea that No-code is just a fad riding the emerging SaaS wave, and like all bubbles, it will burst soon too. So, is it really a buzzword conjured by product marketers?

The Truth

While the term No-code may have popped up in the 2010s, the technology and the motive behind it have been around for decades. Microsoft's Excel was a primitive no-code business software that automated data analysis and gave power to decision-makers who didn't know how to code. Fast forward, the global low-code/no-code market is predicted to account for 65% of the global app development activity by 2024, growing at a 31% CAGR until it holds a market share of $187 billion by 2030.

Myth 2: No-code platforms are only suitable for simple applications.

Like most game-changing innovations that accelerate processes, no-code development has been misunderstood as being only suitable for easy or lightweight tasks. In other words, it's perceived to be a shortcut with limited scope. Many people have a hard time trusting enterprise applications that are built without programming.

The Truth

If anything, no-code platforms have not just proven to be ideal for complex development, they're also incredibly flexible and infinitely customizable compared to the rigid formality of written code. Since it is citizen developers and end users who are in charge of envisioning and creating apps, the applications they create are only as complex as the user needs them to be, and there is an inherent, almost intuitive understanding of how the app should work. After all, nobody understands your needs better than yourself.

With no-code platforms, you can translate your requirements into full-scale applications meticulously catering to every little detail, very quickly. The accelerated rate of development helps teams invest more time in research and design, increasing the likelihood of innovation and success.

MYTH 3: No-code applications cannot adapt to varying business needs.

Scaling isn't an option but a necessity for any growth-oriented business. Unfortunately, many businesses assume that no-code development tools are not scalable.

The Truth

Scaling apps built the conventional way is challenging since they need dedicated professionals to work full-time on the code. Developers need to dive deep and make changes at multiple touchpoints throughout the development lifecycle. Thus, users are forced to outsource work or have their dev team's time and efforts exhausted needlessly. By eliminating the user's interaction with the code, No-code platforms like Grid let you edit and customize entire features and functionalities with a few clicks.

A simple drag-and-drop function can upgrade a complex analytics dashboard with minimal effort in comparison to conventional development. On top of that, no-code platforms allow users to infuse personalization at every stage of the development process, from design to deployment.

Grid, for instance, allows you to integrate your no-code app with existing systems you might have in place, to ensure data consolidation and to build workflows and applications on top of baseline data.

Myth 4: No-code development is expensive in the long term.

No-code apps are perceived by some as being costly, time-consuming to work with, or having a steep learning curve. That is an important misconception that impacts the reason why no-code exists. This has raised concerns over their impracticality as a solution for all types of users.

The Truth

The no-code movement is aimed at drastically reducing the time and money spent on application development, allowing all types of businesses to benefit from automated workflows and tasks. The expense of hiring traditional software development teams is often what deters decision-makers from greenlighting projects that would otherwise be a no-brainer to work on.

No-code platforms provide the best alternative to this concern by letting your finances breathe easier while still maintaining a universal standard for quality. The result is a highly cost-effective solution with limitless customizable features on the go that reduces the burden on your IT team.

Myth 5: No-code platforms are not secure.

A common misconception is that no-code platforms lack security. Much of this misconception stems from concerns about cloud integrity.

The Truth

As with everything else, this issue is platform-dependent. Many no-code platforms prioritize security and ensure complete compliance with industry-standard security policies and protocols, like the ISO 27001 and SSAE18 SOC 2. In addition, users can coordinate with platform providers to have their source code scanned for security vulnerabilities. The results of application security testing (SAST/DAST) ensure users that their code is not unsafe.

When building a new software solution for your enterprise, it can be challenging to decide which platform(s) to use. With a no-code platform like Grid, you can protect sensitive data in the apps you are creating.

Wrapping up

No-code platforms have brought about a revolution, and Grid is proud to be part of this movement. Before no-code platforms, development was a highly exclusive area that required extensive training and years of experience. As a result, this alienated end-users from the means they needed to run and analyze their daily operations. Only companies with large budgets or dedicated in-house IT teams could afford personalized applications.

But no-code platforms have decentralized and democratized this very access. Businesses of any size can now instantly design, build, and deploy an application without having to code. Likewise, Grid provides you with the power to quickly and securely create mobile applications that meet your unique needs. Stacking pre-built templates, we make it easy for you to automate your business ecosystem on your own. Our goal is to help enterprises create solutions tailored to their requirements on time and under budget.