Low code and marketing management platforms: lies that make us believe that anyone can develop software

More and more often, we use different applications/platforms to perform daily work. Whether you use a site management site or an application management application, new applications they declare: that I can help you more, that offer more features or are cheaper.
Print these statements are masked in different forms and different advertisements for “low code queues”. Very often you hear them in the form: “You don’t need advanced programming knowledge to use this application”, “you can create and customize the application for your needs, without having to write code”.

In this article we will focus on the studies behind these commercials and analyze how close it is.
Let’s do some examples, which you have certainly met in your daily commercials.

• “Use our application and look at how easy and intuitive it is to use it”
• “Just pull the elements on the screen and you will be able to customize the application without writing a line of code.”
• “We have hundreds of models that you can use.”

The above examples send ideas that make us believe that:

1. The application will be easy and intuitive to use.
2. You don’t have to know how to write the code to use the application.
3. Since there are many models, there is the possibility of finding examples for your requirements.
4. Since a programmer is not necessary (“without writing a line line”), it turns out that there will be low costs to create a solution with these applications.

Let’s take every idea separately and we slim it.

Easy and intuitive to use

There are numerous studies that show and argue that low -code tails applications help programmers to work faster or more efficiently. But in these ads we don’t see to be mentioned “easy and intuitive to use for programmers“Instead, the advantage is generalized as if anyone could use these applications.

Although these studies warn us how There are disadvantages Also for programmers in the use of these applications. Some of these disadvantages are:

1. Lack of flexibility. If the application does not allow you to do something, the application does not allow you to do it and nothing will change it.
2. Commitment / subscriptions to continuous cost to use the application. Although the initial cost is low, other packages must often be purchased to receive access to all application features (example: Premium packages).
3. Dependence on the supplier. Once you started building a solution in one of these applications, stay blocked in life with the chosen application. If you later decide to change the application, you will have to reconstruct the solution from the beginning.

The disadvantages are numerous, I have listed only a few. Apply to everyone, So not only for programmers. On the other hand, when we speak the advantages Using these applications, the situation is different, which is advantageous for a programmer, it will not be so advantageous for a non -technical person.

There are studies that include some advantages of these applications for non -technical people:

1. More and more people and companies use these low code applications
2. Since non -technical people can contribute to the development of solutions, costs for the development of solutions decrease up to 75%. But it is important to remember that these companies use a mix of technical and non -technical people, not just not technical.
3. The possibility of creating examples/demo quickly.
4. For non -technical people who want to become technical people and learn these platforms, they offer the opportunity to learn and test different ideas quickly and simple.

We note that the studies It does not seem that applications are easy to use to develop complete solutions by non -technical peopleBut only to create examples or demo.

In addition, the more the application offers the more features, the more difficult to understand and use for users.

Careful! Probably instead of buying the services of an expert to guide you and provide you with problems, you will want to call the low code application. But you are aware that you can hit the following numbers:

• After creating half of the solution, note that the Pro package or another product is necessary to complete the solution.
• Spending hours looking for how to use the application, because the documents and the application tutorials are incomplete.
• After the purchase, find out that the application is not the solution you are looking for for your problem.

You shouldn’t know how to write the code to use the application

Even if it is not necessary know the programming to build a solution, Users need programming knowledge To solve the problems encountered in the use of these platforms.

Studies show that non -technical users who use code without code can be vulnerable to safety errors and vulnerabilities. In addition, studies warn that non -technical users do not have the knowledge and experience necessary to develop complex and efficient company solutions and, since the often developed solutions are incomplete or inefficient.

We have hundreds of models that you can use

Whether it’s hundreds, dozens or thousands of models, they will only help you build a faster example or a demo of a more complex solution.

Although the models can help to create small solutions and add extra consistency in the users’ process, they tend to have a small or very small impact in the construction/development of medium or complex solutions.

A programmer / costs is not necessary in the development of solutions.

As mentioned above, to exploit all the advantages of these applications we need a programmer or a programming knowledge, in order not to encounter difficulties or blocks.

As for the costs, we note that the studies show the opposite. Don’t get less money, if you don’t work with a programmer. Of course, there will always be a cheaper application, where you can protest against different solutions.
In the short term these applications are cheaper, but in the long term the situation changes, the price of the subscription begins easily, easy to collect, the solution develops and requires additional features that must be purchased separately. Also, add the time you spend to learn to use the application.

Conclusions

In short, Mixed teams (Non -technical people + technical people) tend to exploit the benefits of these applications. In the opposite pole there are the non -technical teams that are affected by the disadvantages and should devote more time to the analysis of these applications, before buying them. Low-code-do-do applications have high costs and should only be used as short-term solutions. If you need help in choosing digital solutions, we can help you at any time during a meeting, which you can book here.

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