🌐 Fundamentals of Low-Code
LightCode Erasmus+ Project
Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
❓ Why Low-Code?
- Rising demand for digital applications
- Shortage of skilled developers
- Need for agility and speed
- Democratization of software creation
🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end, you will be able to:
- Explain the evolution leading to low-code platforms
- Define low-code development and its key traits
- Identify core components of low-code platforms
- Recognize benefits: speed, cost reduction, accessibility
- Apply design principles (Design Thinking, MDD, Agile)
- Describe the anatomy of a low-code application
- Understand deployment, scalability, maintenance
⚡ What is Low-Code?
- Visual interactive interfaces
- Reusable components
- Automatic code generation
- Visual modeling tools
👉 Faster delivery, reduced complexity, broader access
🧩 Core Components
- Visual Development Interfaces
- Pre-built Functions & Templates
- Automation & Workflow Tools
- Integration Capabilities (APIs, connectors)
🎨 Principles of Low-Code
- Design Thinking: empathize, prototype, test
- Model-Driven Development (MDD): models before code
- Agile Integration: incremental, collaborative, adaptive
🖥️ Anatomy of a Low-Code App
- UI Design: responsive, accessible, component-based
- Data Modeling: visual, external integration, logic
- Business Logic: workflows, conditional rules, validation
- Integration: APIs, connectors, custom options
- Deployment: one-click, scalable, cloud-native
⚠️ Challenges
- Over-reliance on custom code
- Weak UX design if rushed
- Complexity in large apps
- Integration issues with legacy systems
✅ Best Practices
- Start with clear requirements + design thinking
- Fully leverage platform capabilities
- Plan for scalability early
- Adopt Agile practices
- Invest in training & governance
- Continuous testing and refactoring
📚 Case Studies
Education 🎓
- Student/faculty portals, streamlined workflows
Small Businesses 🏪
- CRM, inventory, e-commerce apps
Non-Profits 🌱
- Volunteer mgmt, donations, outreach tools
🧩 Conceptual Activities
- Design a low-code solution for a non-profit
- Evaluate a platform (features, scalability, integration)
- Discuss future trends (AI, citizen developers)
- Address challenges with best practices
✨ Conclusion
Low-code is:
- Accessible
- Fast
- Scalable
- Innovative
It reshapes software development and opens horizons.
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