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The media that focuses on enterprise informatization mostly named 2021 as “the first year of low code,” which shows that the low code industry is hot. So what are the low-code application scenarios? This paper will expand from three dimensions of industry attribute, application type and development mode, and show the application of low code technology in detail.

Industry attributes

“2020 China Low Code Platform Index Evaluation Report” released by T Research shows that low code has been widely used in various industries, among which TMT (telecom, media and technology, including software companies such as system integrators), manufacturing, financial industry and retail industry account for a relatively high proportion.

(Industry distribution of low code application scenarios, extracted from 2020 China Low Code Platform Index Evaluation Report)

The application type

In these industries, enterprises often need a large number of software applications for internal and external personnel to support rapid business development. These applications can be divided into core business applications and non-core business applications according to the value they bring to customers. It can also be divided into general applications and vertical applications according to the degree of standardization and the scope of application of the industry.

Considering the degree of standardization and customer value, the main application scenarios of low code are mainly vertical domain software development with high degree of customization. Core business applications impose higher technical requirements on low-code platforms than non-core applications, and their developers are often technical people.

Development mode

These software development and delivery models can be generally divided into three categories: single scenario application, integrated management system and personalized modules of industry software. In all three modes, low-code technologies can offer revolutionary productivity benefits.

  • Single scenario application: in the segmented industries represented by the manufacturing industry, although the application value of the core business of enterprises is high, it is difficult to realize informatization by purchasing and implementing industrial software due to factors such as low standardization degree and small market size. The model of customizing standalone applications for core business scenarios has significant advantages in cost, lead time, and risk control. In addition to the traditional pure code custom development mode, low code technology provides a new choice of shorter delivery cycle and lower development cost for core business applications, further amplifying the advantages of “independent application” mode, and winning the favor of more enterprise IT centers and software companies.

  • Integrated management systems: In order to avoid “data islands” and achieve cross-system and cross-department process and data integration, the demand for integrated management systems has surged. The integrated management system is usually composed of a number of tightly integrated core business applications, covering the whole department and process of the enterprise, and needs to iterate continuously according to the business upgrade of the enterprise, and finally achieve the effect of “one plus one greater than two”. Low code technology with strong system integration capabilities can be used to quickly build the development platform required for comprehensive systems. On top of this, IT technicians can more quickly complete data and business orchestration, significantly improve the system development efficiency, reduce the comprehensive cost, so that more enterprises can benefit from customized development of comprehensive management system.

  • Personalized modules of industry software: With the popularity of ERP and other industry software, many enterprises have already owned one or more sets of industry software. These industry software provide the basic information guarantee for enterprises, but there are still some businesses free from information, which need to be expanded by the way of two open. Compared with the traditional dual mode, the use of low-code development platform closely integrated with the industry software to build personalized modules based on the industry software can more quickly complete the shortcomings of the industry software, and form a joint force with the industry software to achieve the whole business process informatization.

summary

As a new technology in the field of software development, low code is the inevitable outcome of software development. With its strong productivity advantages, low code has won public attention while being widely used in various industries for digital construction. If you are from a software company or corporate IT department and are interested in enhancing your software development capabilities with low-code technologies, you can read this article to start your low-code journey immediately.