since 2020 COVID-19 outbreak , All walks of life around the world have been affected , But at the same time, it also provides new opportunities for the broken development of the software industry . Digital technology , The digital economy is supporting the fight against the COVID-19 , It has played an important role in restoring production and living . The urgent and ever-changing demand for digitalization makes the heat of codeless development soar , What is the real value of no code ？ How software development goes to everyone ？ And so on is a hot topic .

One 、 Digital timing

First , We know , The current digital age , Any industry is worth doing it again with digitalization . In recent twoorthree years, the COVID-19 has been rampant , Many enterprises have gradually realized that they should raise the strategy of digitalization and informatization to a strategic height . Actually , We believe that the core of digitalization is around technology , Carry out a comprehensive remodeling and re creation of the enterprise . From a small point of view , The data and process of the enterprise , In a big way , To the organizational form of the enterprise itself , Even the corporate culture , We need to be in the software system , Fast coding , And constantly adjust and change . such , Finally, we can generate a spontaneous innovation driving force within the enterprise , Promote change .

Actually , Such an informatization is important to every enterprise , And it is of great significance to every software development practitioner . that , Facing such a digitalization , We often think of , Or our ITE The executor will say , We need to go to the system quickly . So let's see , What are the problems facing the fast system .

Two 、  Code free era , How software development goes to everyone

1. How to quickly implement massive applications

According to the prediction of our authoritative research organization ： In the next five years , We in China will add close to 5 Billion new applications . So the average year is close to 100 million , Compared with the past 40 The sum of years is still more , The applications that enterprises need are far more than IT The capabilities that the Department can develop . Our current programmers in China , Now it's close to 800 All around . Let's simply do a division , simply , Nearly everyone needs to develop every year 12.5 Applications . For our software developers , It's almost impossible . Especially in the current situation of talent shortage , In fact, the growth of software employees is far lower than the market demand , And we say that the threshold of excellent programmers and development is getting higher and higher . So it leads to such software development efficiency , In fact, it can not meet the annual demand . What about the future ？ Use the traditional one ITE The Department itself digests , Or do you want to find more outsourcing companies ？ These are not essentially some means to solve the problem , therefore , The technology of no code , Or this platform came into being . According to a survey trend report of our Heby Institute , In this year , There will be 40%-60% Many large enterprises began to develop these applications without code .

2. There is no code -- Faster development mode , Make digital applications more agile

that , Low code or no code , In fact, it represents a faster development mode . Through the promotion of tools , Let's get our developers out of the simple and repetitive work , Improve the efficiency of digitalization . Simply understand , No code is to build an application by not writing code . that , We are going to put some of the original functions , Some code is encapsulated into visual components , Finally, through this way of building blocks , We build applications in the same way as LEGO toys . alike , In fact, the resulting effect is easy for everyone to understand , Let us not understand the original code , People without technical background can also participate in software development .

Often those of us who don't know the code , Have not been in touch with software development , In fact, we are talking about some product managers , Some of our designers , Demand researchers . Actually , They know the business , After providing such a codeless platform , It can let people like them open the channel between business and technology . More seamless , Closer together , Let our business people , Really put what you hear , What I think of , What customers need , It is implemented directly on the codeless platform .

3. No code application building platform

You can see in such a codeless application platform , We can solve it , Can build applications with all walks of life , Including industrial manufacturing 、 education 、 Smart city 、 City Management 、 traffic 、 Inside the enterprise CRM、OA、ERP And so on can be built without code .

that , Under the base of the application building platform without code , We have a perfect big data platform . We put all such an application , Through data management , In a data-driven way , Carry out a large-scale and unified management . So the future , No matter how our needs change , Its underlying data is always the same , It is always possible to precipitate in the platform . So such a platform , You can constantly face the changes of applications , And the market .

It is oriented to all aspects of our company , Including our business manager , Including our demand analysts , Our project manager , The product manager , Operation and maintenance implementation testers . All the roles involved in the development process , The final result is that we can improve ten times faster than the traditional high code development , Then the efficiency time of the whole project delivery can be improved 60% above . How do we do it ？ Or what are the underlying technologies used ？ Let's take a look at the technical architecture .

4. Integration with Huawei cloud , Create a more comprehensive 、 A more secure codeless development platform

We have conducted in-depth industrial integration with Huawei cloud , Thus, a more comprehensive , A more secure code development platform . We are on such a platform base , Choose Huawei's storage and computing facilities . Including Huawei's ROMA platform , Huawei's cloud services , Microservice platform , And a distributed messaging framework , To build a perfect and stable platform base . that , In many such projects and in the process of software construction , There will be a lot of intelligence , Or some of this AI Some of the abilities . meanwhile , We have integrated Huawei's, for example OCR, For example, the knowledge map , And this NLP And so on . As some of our native abilities , And precipitate into components . Finally, let our codeless user configure some more intelligent engines .

In the final process of such codeless configuration , We provide a package that includes requirements analysis , software development , Application testing , Application operation and maintenance and other restrictions related to the whole process of software engineering . We can build prototypes on this platform , We can design business processes on this platform , Even the application we built was tested automatically , Generate test reports . that , The future software can conduct an operation and maintenance monitoring through our platform .

5. More professional 、 More comprehensive application building tools

Next , We aim at such a platform , This function will introduce in detail the data-driven enterprise codeless platform we just proposed . It is a more professional 、 More comprehensive application building tools . From prototype design to function development ： Rapid prototyping Demo, Business ideas are quickly implemented , Low cost trial and error 、 Continue to optimize .

From data forms to business processes ： Business form drag and drop , Custom configurations are presented in many forms ; Multiple node approval permissions are supported 、 Data conditions, etc .

Drag from component to interaction logic ： All function pages are component drag and drop 、 Configuration conditions , Modify the style ; Through complex choreography at the component level 、 Logic control , Build complex business scenarios .

From template layout to complex style design ： Multiple pages 、 Module layout template 、 Formwork sedimentation ; Freestyle canvas can complete complex personalized typesetting design .

6. Fast start developing , More convenient application maintenance management

Actually , We are facing many fields without technology , Some businesses without this technical experience . Let's talk more about the demand personnel , Our project manager , Our product manager , Even our O & M personnel , In fact, they don't have much development experience . however , They have more of this need , Want to be directly involved in the process of building such a software system . They can directly understand the needs of customers , Be able to face the front line directly , Understand this software . that , How to carry out a development ？ According to the previous process , These requirements are passed to the development process , In fact, we have already experienced such a loss of information . Then development needs to be repositioned , Revise again , In fact, it also delays such a demand . For us , Is to provide such a codeless capability , To help all our users , Start the development in a few quick steps , Diversified applications and flexible construction , And can continuously iterate with business changes .

7. Natural big data base ： Maximize the value of data

We always look at the essence of software . We found that , Whether it's the form we see , Or a large screen , Even a complex interactive operation logic , Its bottom layer is actually data . A table and data conversion , Data is actually a core of our software . Want to build this sustainable growth in the future , Such an application that meets rapid response , Data management , Data governance is very important .

that , For this platform content , We have deeply realized that a perfect big data is provided here , So that we can reduce the difficulty of data application management for our application developers , So as to quickly create more professional digital application scenarios . The applications we have grown on this platform , Its data will automatically precipitate to the base .

8. Involve a wider range of people in software development practices

The enterprise codeless platform will allow a wider range of people to participate in software development practices . Within the enterprise , There are a lot of enterprise class codeless premium “ High potential users ”. In codeless development mode , There is no longer a shortage of talent , The key is to reshape the talent strategy , Realize talent training and value play .

3、 ... and 、 summary

This article introduces the real value of no code and how software development goes to everyone , No code and low code It is absolutely an important part of enterprise digital transformation . Enterprises should pay attention to the training of such talents , Technology iterations and updates are fast , We can only go ahead , Can be in Digital transformation Stand out in this wave ！