Britain got low-code: another trend for software development.

SafeValue must use [property]=binding: Low-code is a visual software development approach that uses a visual interface instead of traditional hand-coded computer programming. One of the low-code approach's undeniable advantages is the formalization and strengthening of the relationship between business and IT. Low-code is the answer to the challenges of the increasing business demand and lack of skilled developers. The primary tool to use a low-code approach is the low-code development platform (LCDP) such as OutSystems, Kissflow, Appian, or Zoho Creator. One of the LCDP - Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in low-code application development for the enterprise, researched the low-code usage of the Britain businesses. According to Mendix research, the Britain business pins big hopes to the low-code as an excellent complementary technology to help them cope with the double challenge of Brexit and COVID-19. 2020 was a challenging year for the whole world but especially for Britain's business. As a result of Brexit, plus the restrictions imposed by the covid-19 pandemic, the outflow of highly qualified personnel forced the British to look for other solutions. So the low-code became a solution. Frankly, it gave no more than the opportunity for "half-educated programmers" or, if you may say, "overqualified office staff" to collaborate with the IT department more effectively. Thanks to its visual component, LCDP business establishes more understandable and continuous collaboration with IT. Current conditions demand to speed up that kind of cooperation, and low-code implementations coped with this task. Mendix proudly listing the critical branches of industries across the UK that are already implementing low-code solutions for critical enterprise-level applications: Financial services: most (58%) of the post- Brexit new applications were made using the low-code. Insurance: 70% of insurance leaders claim that a low-code approach has allowed implementing new post-Brexit applications into their companies' operational activity. Public sector: 49.8% of the public sector said "Yes" to the low-code approach. Public sector organizations hope to be better placed to make full use of technology to help the public recover from COVID-19. Transport & logistics: 60% of transport tycoons and decision-makers adopted the low-code approach as the main for the fast applications development to support their businesses. What does it mean for the developers? We can conclude that the layer of the semieducated programmers will be grown further. It doesn't mean that the high professional software development guru will be less in demand. Still, we have to admit that practically everyone can develop effective applications after training a while under the current conditions. Maybe very soon, a good programmer will be ranked no higher than a good plumber or even low. Who knows? (see http://g.co/ng/security#xss)