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As part of Solutions Review\u2019s\u00a0Contributed Content Series<\/a>\u2014a collection of articles written by industry thought leaders in maturing software categories\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/em>Irina Lunin, the <\/i>Vice President of Research & Development at Blueprint Software Systems<\/a>, outlines some of the pros and cons of low-code\/no-code technologies.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States is facing an IT crisis. According to Linux Academy, two-thirds of employers now say they cannot find qualified candidates to fill their open IT positions. Forrester predicts that U.S. businesses will face a deficit of over half a million software developers by 2024. <\/span>All of this comes when the demand for application development has never been higher. <\/span><\/p>\n

Globally, t<\/span>he size of the application development software market, valued at $197.2 billion in 2021, is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 24.3 percent over the next five years. <\/span>IDC estimates more than 500 million apps will be developed before the end of this year alone. For their part, customers are increasingly unwilling to accept anything less than a digital-first experience.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Confronted with this shortfall in IT expertise, many businesses are turning to low-code\/no-code platforms<\/a> to enable employees with little or no IT training to handle the crushing demand for application development. Employing graphic user interfaces or minimal basic coding instead of large strings of complex coding, low-code\/no-code technology provides visual drag-and-drop or point-and-click user interfaces, allowing workers with no formal coding education to create applications software. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While this so-called “citizen developer” approach is helping many organizations address the unprecedented demand for application development and the gap in IT talent, it is also radically accelerating product delivery, leading to the commodification of low-code\/no-code technology. According to a recent Acumen Research and Consulting report, the low-code development platform market alone is <\/span>valued at $16 billion and is projected to grow to $159 billion by 2030. That growth will be driven by businesses wanting to achieve digital transformation, a perennial business objective for nearly all enterprises.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Given those growth projections, software providers are now packaging solutions that enable anyone to build and deliver web and mobile applications. For example, solutions like Microsoft Power Apps allow users to build feature-rich, professional-grade custom business applications. Applications made in Power Apps have a responsive design. They can run in browsers and mobile devices, enabling the seamless and accelerated delivery of digital experiences to both customers and internal users.<\/span><\/p>\n

The low-code\/no-code approach to application development solves numerous problems and has impressive benefits, but it is not without its drawbacks. On the benefits side of the ledger, low-code\/no-code and the citizen developer approach to application development:<\/span><\/p>\n