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Low-code platforms and Full-code developers – a match made in hell?

by sunilkosuri on 8/10/20, 1:45 AM with 6 comments

• by gitgud on 8/10/20, 3:45 AM

  > "A better approach would be to automate the generation of boilerplate code."

  I'm yet to encounter a good example of generated boiler-plate. Every tool that spews out generated code is annoying to work with and you end up having to delete a bunch of files that don't apply.

  Better frameworks encapsulate code-generation in a function calls and better abstractions.

• by popup21 on 8/10/20, 11:25 AM

  No code, or low-code, are terms straight out of marketing departments by this generation's ignorance of software history.

  The earliest form of this trend that I can remember was Macromedia Authorware. Drag-n-drop flowchart style of development with optional coding features.