000K utf8 1100 2021$c2021-12 1500 eng 2050 urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-20211228-082939-0 2051 10.17185/duepublico/75244 3000 Frank, Ulrich 3010 Bock, Alexander 3010 Maier, Pierre 4000 Low Code Platforms: Promises, Concepts and Prospects$dA Comparative Study of Ten Systems [Frank, Ulrich] 4209 In recent years, the catchword “low-code” has evolved into what can be seen as a major trend in software development platforms. A growing number of vendors respond to this trend by offering software development platforms that promise limited need for coding only and a tremendous boost in productivity. Both aspects have been the subject of intensive research over many years in areas such as domain-specific modeling languages, model-driven software development, or generative programming. Therefore, the obvious question is how "low code" platforms differ from such approaches and what specific performance features they offer. Since there is no unified definition of “low-code”, the only way to develop an elaborate understanding of what it is – and might be – is to analyze the actual use of the term. For obvious reasons, it is not promising in this respect to rely on marketing announcements made by vendors. Instead, it seems more appropriate to examine “low-code” platforms. This research report presents a study of 10 relevant platforms, capturing and assessing common characteristics as well as specific features of individual tools. The study is guided by a method that consists of a conceptual framework, which provides a uniform structure to describe and compare “lowcode” platforms, and a process model that describes the sequence of steps. 4950 https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/75244$xR$3Volltext$534 4950 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-20211228-082939-0$xR$3Volltext$534 4961 https://duepublico2.uni-due.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00075244 5010 00 5051 000