{"id":3811,"date":"2016-10-04T13:54:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T13:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comindware.com\/blog\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2023-02-16T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:12:15","slug":"rapid-application-development-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/rapid-application-development-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Implement a Rapid Application Development Platform?"},"content":{"rendered":"So how does it work \u2013 building business applications without having any technical or programming skills? And what is most critical in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/low-code-development-platform\/\">rapid applications development<\/a> platform to enable that?\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/platform\/try\/\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'abtest', 'platform-banner-click');\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pl-banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cmw-platform-banner.png\" class=\"img-fluid my-5\" alt=\"CMW Platform banner\" title=\"CMW Platform banner\"><\/a>\r\n\r\nDepending on the app specialization \u2013 data apps, process apps, request management or mobile apps, the core functional capability is provision of visual declarative tools and drag-and-drop technologies to \u201ccitizen developers\u201d in order to avoid hand coding and enable setting up and configuration of data forms, workflows and user workspaces by mouse clicks.\r\n<br><br>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3813\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot_4-650x406.png\" alt=\"Rapid Application Development Platform\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" \/>\r\n<em>Drag\u2019n\u2019drop interface for rapid application development<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n<br><br>\r\nThe ability to leverage visual tools for application design and launch as well as avoid complex rapid application development methodology significantly extends the app developer pool, ultimately meaning you can get your apps for less, and even more importantly \u2013 quicker and in agile \u201csand-box\u201d projects where business users have the freedom to experiment and come up with solutions just right for their current business needs.\r\n<br><br>\r\nCritical to app development process is maintaining application coherence and data security. Before rolling out yet another application, due analysis has to be performed to determine whether business needs can be addressed by existing software or with minimal configuration effort. This puts IT back in the app development cycle \u2013 but in a different role and with different objectives: given that IT will always be interested in keeping lean and minimizing the number of applications they ultimately will have to support, there will be less push backs in terms of providing quick fixes and delivering the change on business time.\r\n<br><br>\r\nWithout a doubt, the advent of <strong>rapid application development tools<\/strong> open new opportunities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/what-ceo-and-cfo-should-know-about-digital-transformation\/\">every business<\/a> and true indeed, every company is becoming an IT company on today\u2019s high tech markets.\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"text-center post__button\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/platform\/try\/\" class=\"btn-green btn btn-lg\">TRY NOW!<\/a>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"author bg-light border\">\r\n    <section class=\"row p-3 p-sm-5 align-items-center\">\r\n        <aside class=\"col-sm-3 col-4\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author__img img-fluid rounded-circle\" title=\"Maria Komarova\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Maria-Komarova.png\" alt=\"Maria Komarova\">\r\n        <\/aside>\r\n        <article class=\"col-sm-9 col\">\r\n            <p class=\"author__text\">Maria Komarova is a Product Marketing Analyst at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\">CMW Lab<\/a> \u2013 a global software company delivering innovative Business Operations Management solutions enabling performance and efficiency optimization.<\/p>\r\n        <\/article>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So how does it work \u2013 building business applications without having any technical or programming skills? 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