Forem: Gavriel Shaw

Software Development Suite for Internal Business Apps

Gavriel Shaw — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:28:00 +0000

The Internal Applications backlog is often long.

Heads of Development feel the pressure of holding back the business due to long lead times in producing the software that operational departments need.

Should departments run their own Shadow IT, using 3rd party tools to support business process automation?

Should the Head of IT enable junior developers to produce functional apps regardless of front-end design quality?

How do Directors/Heads of Development prioritise the backlog?

Tools for the Pre-Planning Stage

Gavriel Shaw — Fri, 31 May 2019 13:22:49 +0000

Do you use nothing more than notebook and pen to sketch out basic flowcharts and diagrams for your pre-planning stage before then writing some pseudo-code and then get into actual code writing...?

Or... do you have actual tools / IDE features for pre-planning?

Visual Modeling / Programming Interface To Begin Your Dev Process

Gavriel Shaw — Thu, 30 May 2019 11:04:27 +0000

I am a basic web developer, and beginner with javascript and python. I've worked with developer teams in my career as a product marketer, with analysts, scrum masters, product managers, etc.

I was recently introduced to the concept of visual programming or 'low-code' as Forrester Research calls it.

A drag-n-drop UI inside an IDE for a modern take on rapid application development.

The trouble is, I can't see that it's very popular, despite several platforms that seem very advanced with good reviews.

I'm guessing developers either haven't heard of it, or it's been cost prohibitive with current platforms, or there is a reluctance to use something that sounds 'too good to be true' or restrictive perhaps.

I live to learn and would appreciate hearing views from the community.

As a hobby I'm also learning a bit of robotics with keen on short-cuts as a 'maker' with raspberry pie to visually program. But with an extensible low-code platform, I don't see any limitations in what's possible.

Thanks for insights.