No code is a relatively new take on software development that business analysts, operations workers, and other semi-technical problem solvers build applications without the need to write code. It’s a form of rapid application development, or RAD, that makes the development of apps easier and more approachable for those with little to no coding experience. This is great for those with experience creating pivot tables and manipulating data in spreadsheets, but want to make the data more secure, more accessible to teammates, and easier to take action on through an approval or forms based data collection process. Through no-code software like Knack, the power of an online database becomes much more accessible to all interests and skill sets.
Of course, nothing would be possible without actual code going into the design – but the front end experience that you need for your end users is easy to configure and assemble with components that are available out of the box. Without the coding behind it, no code technology simply wouldn’t be possible.
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