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APIs: The Secret Sauce for Low-Code Platforms?

By Bill Doerrfeld on July 22, 2020Leave a CommentAs companies become increasingly talent-strapped, APIs are helping spur a low-code movement to help them remain competitive

By focusing on visual flows and drag-and-drop UIs, low-code platforms dramatically lower the barrier to software development.

We’ll cover low-code benefits and caveats, the use of low-code in agile application delivery and how an API-first emphasis sets some low-code providers apart.

Examples of low-code platforms on the market include Siemen’s Mendix, Amazon’s Honeycode, Google’s AppSheet, Microsoft’s Power App and OutSystems.

Utilizing an API-first approach both for systems that comprise low-code platforms and providing the ability to expose data through APIs could give low-code platforms an edge.