What are some of the biggest challenges you face when using no-code/low-code tools?

@grish_etrnl I agree with you, but I think there are tradeoffs everywhere, I come from coding background and we face same challenges there as well, should we pick a language that is quick to write but is slow to execute or should be pick a language that is fast to execute but slower to write. Same with hosting infrastructure, should we pick cheaper one which can cause performance bottlenecks or should we pick infrastructure that is very good at scaling but is expensive. To answer your question, I think ideal solution would be no code - low code tool, a tool where you can quickly build something and if you want to customize some part of it according to your use case, you should have be able to do that. This way one can stop jumping from tool to tool to find a perfect tool. Canonic accommodates this tradeoff, here on frontend you can simply drag and drop components and when you have want to build something that Canonic doesn't have in its library out of the box, you can select Custom component to customize however you want even import external NPM packages. Same is true about backend builder, you can write your own JS functions where ever you think existing webhooks offered by Canonic isn't accommodating you needs.

@dikshapatrob I feel the industry is still growing.. if there is too much uniformity in the tools from now, then the problems would also become uniform.. Every tool is trying to make the experience as much easier as possible for its users..

@nuno_ms_reis I get it, when I first started using no-code platform 4 years back I was in the same boat, tools would not offer the customizability I require and then just all the hustle to make that no-code tool usable would be so much that I was better off writing the entire code myself, at least now I won't be held back by the limitation of the platform. Canonic is built to overcome same struggles, where if the platform doesn't have what you need, you should be able to write a custom code that fit your needs, I know the point of no-code tool is to not have write any code but technologically we haven't reached to a point where a tool can build precisely what you need, we are getting there though. Till then I personally believe the only solution out of this where we would have one tool to rule them all is a no code platform that also offers low code capabilities.

@nuno_ms_reis Having code optional opportunities really makes it easier to manage data within the tool itself. That way connecting the data to the front end becomes much simpler.. A full-stack low code platform works on the same principle..

@alvarovillalb_ What made you stop?

@jonathantahiry That’s great.. MVP’s have been one of the biggest use cases of low code platforms.. but I also feel this was the scenario 2 years back, where customisability was limited and users had to finally move out. Today people have built companies by building products on low code platforms. And some platforms also offer code export which allows the users to have that flexibility of leaving when they like..

@aditijain08 care to share some of the best low-code platforms?

@markk0217 What kind of tools have you tried using?