Five Technology Trends To Watch For In 2021

Five Technology Trends To Watch For In 2021

Every year, the innovations unlocked by technology seem to appear faster and faster. But the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated technology in a way we have never seen before.

Why are software development houses switching to no-code?

No-code platforms for application development offer the advantages of speed and ease of use, and help firms escape developer skills shortages. Will the UK follow the Netherlands’ lead in taking up this approach?

When it comes to building applications for customers, many software development vendors are supplementing traditional code-based work with no-code and low-code approaches. This seems especially to be the case in the Netherlands, wherein 2019 alone, 10 development houses partnered with my firm, the no-code platform provider Betty Blocks.

Will no-code catch on here in the UK channel? London-based digital workhouses Holygrow and Tech Rebels are two shops to have come aboard in recent months, in a low-code market that Forrester says is growing at about 50% a year and likely to be worth $21bn by 2022.