Re: RPG Low-Code Development Platform - Thoughts?

I think the idea is that as much coding
as possible (whether RPG or SQL or any other language) is already
"baked in" to the low-code development platform.

I think that's a good way of putting it.

So when it comes time
to customize and deploy an application which *uses* such a platform,
there isn't much coding to be done. It's mostly configuration.

That's how I see it too.

So, there is most likely a lot of code needed to build an LCDP in the
first place; perhaps significantly more than if you were to
custom-build an application from scratch to exactly meet one
customer's particular specifications. But once you've got the LCDP,
you can in principle crank out lots of applications relatively
quickly.

Good summary.

I had originally thought to try to read the Forrester Research
reports. Ha! $2500 bucks for access! So, I just relied on the
Wikipedia article:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-code_development_platforms>

The wikipedia link has better information in my opinion. The Forrester
report was mostly about vendor market share and market prospects. It's
designed to guide Fortune 500 execs in picking low-code platforms. Give
them credit for seeing a shift in the development paradigm.