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low-code

low-code adjective: (of a development environment) Primarily involving a graphical user interface rather than a text-based one.

Adjective

low-code (not comparable)

  1. (of a development environment) Primarily involving a graphical user interface rather than a text-based one.
    • Some firms are turning to new, "low-code" application platforms that accelerate app delivery by dramatically reducing the amount of hand-coding required.2014 June 9, Clay Richardson, John Rymer, “New Development Platforms Emerge For Customer-Facing Applications”, in Forrester
    • Whereas no-code software aims at creating software applications entirely without writing any code in a programming language, low-code development takes a slightly relaxed perspective and is directed towards simplifying software development with less coding effort.2021, Business Modeling and Software Design, page 345
  2. (of an application) Programmed using a low-code development environment.
    • Low-code applications can hence accumulate high complexity, bugs and other forms technical debt just as badly or even worse than traditional applications. However, the languages created for low-code platforms commonly lack features that would assist in their understanding and maintenance, such as...2021, Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, page 205

Noun

low-code (uncountable)

  1. The practice of developing applications via a low-code development environment.
    • However, the distinction between no-code and low-code is not always evident, and this extends to the low-code and no-code platforms themselves. Many technology product analysts regard no-code to be a subset of the low-code market because even the most powerful platforms need some amount of coding...2022 September 21, Giulia Interesse, “The Low-Code/No-Code Industry in China: Opportunities for Foreign Investors”, in China Briefing

Examples of low-code in a sentence

  • Low-code applications can hence accumulate high complexity, bugs and other forms technical debt just as badly or even worse than traditional applications.2021, Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, page 205:
  • However, the distinction between no-code and low-code is not always evident, and this extends to the low-code and no-code platforms themselves.2022 September 21, Giulia Interesse, “The Low-Code/No-Code Industry in China: Opportunities for Foreign Investors”, in China Briefing:

Origin of low-code

First used in a report by Forrester published on June 9, 2014 (see quotation).

Questions about low-code

What does low-code mean?
Low-code means (of a development environment) Primarily involving a graphical user interface rather than a text-based one.
How do you use low-code in a sentence?
Low-code applications can hence accumulate high complexity, bugs and other forms technical debt just as badly or even worse than traditional applications.
What part of speech is low-code?
Low-code can be an adjective or a noun.

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