The backlog of required business apps is exploding, and low-code development platforms are a promising solution to meet the demand. But with more than 150 no-code and low-code vendors to consider, a myriad of complex enterprise requirements, and a variety of licensing models, there are many critical questions buyers must ask as they navigate the low-code application development marketplace and select a solution.
This Buyer's Guide to Low-Code Development Platforms outlines the pros and cons of low-code application development, and offers practical guides for evaluating, negotiating, and successfully implementing low-code development platforms. Claim your copy today.
Part 1: Democratizing Development with Low-Code Application Development
Part 2: 7 Capabilities to Test When Evaluating Low-Code Development Platforms
Part 3: Evaluating Platforms – One Developer’s Journey
Part 4: Low-Code Development Platforms Licensing Models and How They Affect TCO
What is Low-Code Application Development?
Low-code application development is an approach to development that requires minimal coding to build applications and create processes. This method can benefit organizations financially and operationally, as it not only reduces time spent on development, but it also increases app speed-to-market and prepares organizations to pivot to future technology needs.
The Alpha platform is the only unified mobile and web app development and deployment environment with distinct “no-code” and “low-code” components. Using the Alpha TransForm no-code product, business users and developers can take full advantage of all the capabilities of the smartphone to turn any form into a mobile app in minutes, and power users can add advanced app functionality with Alpha TransForm's built-in programming language. IT developers can use the Alpha Anywhere low-code environment to develop complex web or mobile business apps from scratch, integrate data with existing systems of record and workflows (including data collected via Alpha TransForm), and add additional security or authentication requirements to protect corporate data.
Alpha Software Corporation, based in Massachusetts, produces award-winning software that speeds mobile and web app development and deployment for business and IT. The core technology includes two components. Alpha Anywhere®, a full-stack low-code app development platform for building and deploying web and mobile apps. In just hours, Alpha TransForm® turns complex paper forms into powerful mobile forms that speed data collection.
Alpha Software is an InfoWorld Technology of the Year award winner, and scores near-perfect reviews from customers on crowdsourced review sites.
Customers rate Alpha Software highly for its speed of development, flexibility, offline apps, rich feature set and ability to scale predictably. For more information, visit https://www.alphasoftware.com/