* By Ricardo Recchi
During the Coronavirus pandemic, business demand for applications far exceeded what we could develop. It was necessary to create solutions more quickly and to better meet customer expectations at a time when everything ended up in the digital environment. Developing in the “traditional” model would take a while to which organizations would be doomed to lose customers, revenue and market positions, if not bankruptcy. It is in this context that companies started to adopt low-code with greater emphasis
The idea behind a tool with little code is to allow technical teams, as well as business professionals, to code applications and place them on the market more quickly, since it brings together components and programming models that can be “reused” ”. In other words, low-code platforms allow users to use their time or skills more intelligently, accelerating the delivery of products to the consumer. It is no coincidence that this technology has been a trend for consecutive years and is now consolidated in the business agenda.
According to Gartner, low-code platforms will continue to be the largest component of the development technology market until 2022. For this year, the forecast is for the global market in the sector to move US$ 13.8 billion, an increase of 22.6% compared to 2020, when revenue totaled US$ 11.2 billion.
This scenario was cemented, mainly, as the waves of the pandemic increased, seeing permanent changes in the way the world works: organizations now have no choice but to configure pre-established practices, products and services for the digital universe.
On the other hand, the scarcity of IT labor, added to the high demand for time and cost for the qualification of these “traditional” professionals, has corroborated the formation of a legion of low-code “developers”. On average, 41% of employees outside IT customize or create data or technology solutions from low-code platforms, points out Gartner.
Faced with this scenario, the forecast is that not only business professionals develop their own applications and workflows. It is necessary that there is an expansion of this technology in academic or proprietary programs through the incentive of companies that hold low code platforms, making licenses more flexible and enabling training through the intermediation of the hiring or internship process.
The pandemic validated the low-code value proposition and made it fly high to support agile development, adapting to the current needs of application users and customers. Activities such as automation, integration and the development of experiences on digital channels have become more uncomplicated and up to date as more companies have enabled low-code features. In the long run, fostering the development of professionals in this technology should further move the market to support the innovation advocated by Digital Transformation, permeating the survival of companies.
* Ricardo Recchi is a country manager at Genexus Brasil, a global developer of software products based on Artificial Intelligence.
Notice: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies
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