Low-code development and model-driven engineering: Two sides of the same coin?

The last few years have witnessed a significant growth of so-called low-code development platforms (LCDPs) both in gaining traction on the market and attracting interest from academia. LCDPs are advertised as visual development platforms, typically running on the cloud, reducing the need for manual...

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Published in:Software and systems modeling Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 437 - 446
Main Authors: Di Ruscio, Davide, Kolovos, Dimitris, de Lara, Juan, Pierantonio, Alfonso, Tisi, Massimo, Wimmer, Manuel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects:
Compilers
Computer Science
Engineering
Expert Voice
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
Interpreters
IT in Business
Market segments
Modeling and Simulation
Platforms
Programming Languages
Programming Techniques
Software Engineering
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems
Software services
User interface
Model-driven engineering
No-code development
Low-code development
ISSN:1619-1366, 1619-1374
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Summary:The last few years have witnessed a significant growth of so-called low-code development platforms (LCDPs) both in gaining traction on the market and attracting interest from academia. LCDPs are advertised as visual development platforms, typically running on the cloud, reducing the need for manual coding and also targeting non-professional programmers. Since LCDPs share many of the goals and features of model-driven engineering approaches, it is a common point of debate whether low-code is just a new buzzword for model-driven technologies, or whether the two terms refer to genuinely distinct approaches. To contribute to this discussion, in this expert-voice paper, we compare and contrast low-code and model-driven approaches, identifying their differences and commonalities, analysing their strong and weak points, and proposing directions for cross-pollination.
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ISSN:1619-1366
1619-1374
DOI:10.1007/s10270-021-00970-2