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Towards the no-code era: a vision and plan for the future of software development

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Ahmed ElBatanony,

Giancarlo SucciAuthors Info & Claims

BCNC 2021: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Beyond Code: No Code

Pages 29 - 35

https://doi.org/10.1145/3486949.3486965

Published: 17 October 2021 Publication History

Abstract

This paper provides a highly opinionated and biased vision and a two-stage plan with guidelines to reach a new era of software development, where anyone can create software without bothering to write code. Moreover, this paper explores in depth the first of these stages, which consists of creating a no-code tool based on six principles: configuration driven development, APIs, open-source, cross-platform, cloud computing, and design systems. An examination of each principle is presented and a case is made for why such a combination of principles would lay the foundation for future development efforts. Possible enquiries are addressed and a path is laid out for future works.

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Towards the no-code era: a vision and plan for the future of software development
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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BCNC 2021: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Beyond Code: No Code

October 2021

35 pages

ISBN:9781450391252

DOI:10.1145/3486949

General Chairs:
Yegor Bugayenko
Huawei, Russia
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Letizia Jaccheri
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
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Andrey Kuleshov
Huawei, Russia
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Giancarlo Succi
Innopolis University, Russia
,
Anthony I. (Tony) Wasserman
Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, USA
,
Ahmed ElBatanony
Innopolis University, Russia

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Patel R(2023)Software Development ManagementInformation Systems Management10.5772/intechopen.109351Online publication date: 18-Oct-2023
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Capocchi LSantucci J(2023)Towards a DEVS Model Management System for Decision-Making Web ApplicationsInformation10.3390/info1402006914:2(69)Online publication date: 26-Jan-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/info14020069
Pati SThakur SHamamcı İBaid UBaheti BBhalerao MGüley OMouchtaris SLang DThermos SGotkowski KGonzález CGrenko CGetka AEdwards BSheller MWu JKarkada DPanchumarthy RAhluwalia VZou CBashyam VLi YHaghighi BChitalia RAbousamra SKurc TGastounioti AEr SBergman MSaltz JFan YShah PMukhopadhyay ATsaftaris SMenze BDavatzikos CKontos DKarargyris AUmeton RMattson PBakas S(2023)GaNDLF: the generally nuanced deep learning framework for scalable end-to-end clinical workflowsCommunications Engineering10.1038/s44172-023-00066-32:1Online publication date: 16-May-2023
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