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@jamesmaguire A8 #eweekchat The future of low code is handling more complex and sophisticated use cases in ways that are even easier, faster, and lower code to implement (and maintain) in an almost ‘Moore's law’ type progression over time…

@jamesmaguire A8 #eweekchat I think we will continue to see more and more defined ‘use case libraries’, sophisticated ‘recipes’ for various functions and workflows, and more seamless and ‘out of the box’ integrations without requiring custom coding to make it all happen.

@jamesbrightspot So the level of software sophistication written doubles every, oh, 18 months or so?

@jamesmaguire A8 #eweekchat Longer term I think much more targeted and vertically oriented solutions to the unique challenges of Marketers, Sales Teams, Media Organizations, Corporate Comm, HR and others who need to move their own complex solutions forward autonomously

A8: Digital transformation is an ongoing, constantly evolving process for enterprises of all sizes. That means that the need for and use of low code and no code approaches will also evolve and grow. Improvements are needed and ongoing.

A8 #eweekchat Last year we had Dr. Michio Kaku at an event and he talked about the move towards AI and machines driving activities. And in that world a premium is placed on soft skills in this world. Imagination, empathy, critical thinking... more so than the technical chops.

@jamesmaguire that's roughly what we see, yes -- and it has been accelerating not slowing down

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A8 The future has endless possibilities for leveraging low code/ no code and it is only growing in popularity. It will accelerate true digital transformation as business users look to automate processes and make improvements easily and simply

@NickBrackney I think that point gets lost in the rush to grow.

Like I mentioned earlier, we'll see widespread adoption for even 'hard' problems, more customer facing use-cases - like low-code apps and models serving end-users, higher confidence in IT to manage deployments at scale

A8: You'll see low-code everywhere. Every SaaS offering of any complexity will have an automation or orchestration facility, and that'l be low-code.

@NickBrackney Yes!

@mikefitz low code everywhere -- yes!!

@pkohli2 endless is a great way to describe it, for sure

@NickBrackney Exactly, we are building AI to do AI to enable customers to focus more on the impact, domain, value questions

A8: You already have see specialized business process suites that are low-code. Data mining options. You'll see specialized low-code tools emerge for custom solutions to any of many specialized problems and industries. Code will be the fallback when things get weird

A8: Low-code vendors are part of app dev discussions from start. No-code tools are used across most departments for stakeholder-facing work.

@mikefitz @jamesmaguire 100% agree on the low-code solutions for specialized business processes -- that's a key part of how they will continue to evolve, specialization +integration

@Llanor_A evolution and growth are critical for sure -- as any organization knows that has survived the last 2 years, who knows what you will need 2 years from now!

@JamesBrightspot A lot of this evolution is coming out of unexpected social and tech changes.

@llanor_a The rise of the citizen developer -- how knows what changes this will create.

A5: Avoid vendor lock-in. Nothing worse than developing an app that doesn’t fully integrate with an organization’s current tech stack and applications.

@jamesmaguire A5 #eweekchat Goal is ‘turnkey’ solutions that just plug in and go. You also need to ensure these are flexible + allow your developers to write code to extend them more deeply into your stacks. Extensibility is key to future-proofing your decisions

A5 A user can employ low-code technology without a technical background, but some parts of the development may call for a trained developer to step in. This hybrid approach can draw upon the strengths of each to scale the development and maximize success

@llanor_a you are reading my mind!

A5 It is often the case that common elements or common paths of processes will become part of “shares libraries” in the company that the no-code users can readily leverage. This makes it easier for IT to govern and users to scale.

@JamesBrightspot We are definitely on the same wave length!

@pkohli2 absolutely -- hybrid approaches can enable the "best of both worlds" so to speak

A4: Once you pick a low-code platform, adapt to it. If you spend all of your time forcing it to do the things you'd do with full code, you'll never get off the ground. Seurat did pointillist paintings accepting that dots would have to be circular, not square.

@mikefitz 5,000 bonus points for mentioning Seurat :)

A5: Get some quick wins, find use-cases or groups that could benefit from low-code/no-code to empower themselves. Learn from their stories and expand from there.

@Llanor_A A5: The landscape has changed. We have integration standards like JSON, XML, ODATA, OAuth, etc. It's the duty of systems and tools to adopt that so anything can (in theory) be integrated with anything else.

@mikefitz That is a fair point.

A5: Fear of vendor lock-in is a "high-code" thing. By definition, low-code involves trusting someone else to build your building blocks for you. So choose your tools carefully and get to work..

@mikefitz Agreed, it takes time and effort to adapt to a platform. So important to commit to a low-code platform, encourage everyone to adopt and give it a fair shake. Inertia can often be the strongest impediment

@JamesBrightspot I think so, there's definitely areas that low/no code supports but we should support against the weaknesses

@mikefitz "It's the duty of systems and tools to adopt" -- I wish more platforms took that duty seriously!

@mikefitz Problem is, vendors want to be proprietary.

A5: Identify no-code needs internally and solve them now, empowering teams. Look harder for internal opps to lean on low-code tools for dev, freeing up resources for higher-priority apps.

A1 Put simply, because there is so much more to do, and so much less time to do it. As digital transformation continues to accelerate and the changes brought on by COVID begin to feel more permanent, organizations have more and more to do, and more urgency to do it

A1 No matter how many developers an organization has, it has more work to accomplish than they can handle. Add in the current challenges in hiring and retaining tech talent, and that no matter how good you are at it, writing code takes time – low code no code platfo

@jamesmaguire Yup, there's too much software to write - and not enough talent to write it!

A1: It’s budget-friendly automation that increases productivity and requires little training. The fact that it doesn’t require expert-level training and can be quickly implemented is a boon for organizations looking to gain a foothold in the digital transformation p

@jamesmaguire No doubt, budget is a big piece of this.

A1 #eweekchat There's three significant advantages of low code/no code over traditional development: 1. Faster 2. The ability to adapt 3. Enabling citizen development

@llanor_a totally agree on the "quickly" part especially -- coding takes time -- organizations don't have any

A1 #eweekchat @JamesBrightspot Absolutely agree. Innovations like no code/low code and automation are critical to bridging the skills gap that exists today.

@pkohli2 "Faster" -- we have a trend

A1 Faster - Several steps in traditional development can be eliminated - A low-code/no-code platform can greatly accelerate software development with capabilities including pre-built user interfaces and modules, processes, logic, and data models, and easy-to-use tools.

A1 Ability to adapt - Traditional development tends to be inflexible. With the low-code/no-code building block concept, components can be replaced without starting over if a change is required. #eweekchat

A1 - Opening the door for citizen development - A platform that doesn’t require users to handle lines of codes and provides simple, easy-to-use tools democratize software development #eweekchat

@pkohli2 I think that phrase "citizen developer" will grow more powerful!

A1 Empowerment - A key reason for the growth in low-code/no-code movements is to empower every employee to make impact in their business function

A1: Speed, cost, and talent solution to enable citizen developers to advance business at app level.

I hope so, there's so much expertise across orgs to tap into, it's not just for traditional developers