This week, we talk about a very interesting topic in a space that is becoming increasingly popular all around the world – no code. ‘No code’ is a software development approach that requires the user to have little to no programming skills or experience to build an application. Using no-code tools, line of business employees who have the essential domain knowledge and institutional knowledge, while having a thorough understanding of the requirements for an app, but do not possess any coding or programming knowledge and skills, can easily create an application or a website or even add functionalities to existing applications and websites.

Interestingly, no code development is a misnomer of sorts. No code development does require coding, a lot of it. However, all this coding takes place behind the scenes and is invisible to the end-users who use these platforms to carry out their development tasks. Like its cousin – low code development, no code uses a visual integrated development environment. A visual integrated development environment is a software suite that consolidates the basic tools that are required to write and test the software. Commonly, these tools use a model-driven development approach which uses a software model to map out how the software system should work before the actual coding process begins. Once the requisite software has been created, the testing can be carried out using Model-based Testing or MBT, after which, it can be deployed.

The NoCodeFounders community. NoCodeFounders is the world’s largest no-code community with 17,837 founders and businesses using no-code tools to build and grow their businesses faster and cheaper. The community comprises founders, freelancers, agencies, marketers, product people, intrapreneurs, developers, makers, and no-code enthusiasts who choose to use no-code tools for building their businesses and projects. Emmanuel Straschnov, the CEO of .bubble says about NoCodeFounders, “NCF is one of the best founders communities out there. NCF has brought together high-caliber, collaborative, and engaged founders building great businesses with no code.

Buildcamp is a community of no-coders who are working together to build amazing new products. Through the Buildcamp community, you could meet people anywhere in the world who are facing similar challenges as you and learn in an interactive manner on the platform. Joining the community is free for everyone. The community offers useful tutorials and mini-courses, helping members learn how to build apps using top tools like Bubble and more. You can avail a premium membership for a small monthly fee and access the premium mini-courses as well as exclusive deals.

With that, we come to the end of this week’s episode of the Cognixia podcast. Hope you found it useful and insightful.