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Node-RED 3 Improves Its Node Editor, Runtime Features, and Debugging
Node-RED, the flow-based visual programming environment originally developed by IBM and initially targeted at IoT applications, has reached version 3.0, bringing a number of improvements to the node editor, new features to control flows at runtime, and more.
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Microsoft Releases a New Power Platform Product with Power Pages in Preview
The latest addition to the Power Platform is Microsoft Power Pages. At the annual Build conference, the company announced the preview of Microsoft Power Pages as a stand-alone Software as a Service (SaaS) platform product for anyone, regardless of technical background, to create data-powered, modern, and secure websites.
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AWS Releases Their New Low-Code Development Tool Amplify Studio to General Availability
Recently, AWS announced the general availability (GA) of AWS Amplify Studio, a visual interface that simplifies front- and backend development for web and mobile applications. It extends the existing AWS Amplify service, a set of tools and features to help developers get started faster with configuring various AWS services to support their backend use cases such as user authentication.
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AWS Releases Preview of a New Low-Code Development Tool with Amplify Studio at re:Invent
At the recent re:Invent AWS announced Amplify Studio, a new Figma-connected low-code service meant to help developers quickly build cloud-connected apps. The new tool is an extension of the existing AWS Amplify service, which focuses on building web and mobile apps but lacks the easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface of Amplify.
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OutSystems Announces a Cloud-Based Development Platform Project Neo in Preview
Recently, OutSystems announced a new cloud-native application platform, called Project Neo, at their annual NextStep event. It is the first time in company history that OutSystems has launched a second platform, next to OutSystems 11 – a platform for enterprise-grade low-code development.
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Node-RED 2.0 Improves Developer Experience with New Flow Debugger and Flow Linter
IoT-focused low-code programming tool Node-RED reaches version 2.0, bringing flow debugger and flow linter to help programmers find bugs in their flows.
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Google Announces General Availability of the Automation Capability for Appsheet
Recently, Google announced the general availability of AppSheets Automation, an additional capability to AppSheet, the company’s no-code development platform. With Automation, customers can automate repetitive tasks and business processes.
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No-Code App Development is Essential for Digital Transformation
Jennifer Cadence, a product marketing manager at Google, recently published an account of the state of no-code app development. In her post, Cadence breaks down why no-code platforms have become an essential part of digital transformation. She suggests that speed and agility, productivity and collaboration, and governance and security are the critical factors for these platforms' importance.
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Fathym Low-Code Platform Now Available in Public Beta
Now available as a public beta, Fathym is a low-code framework that aims to enable the creation of Azure-based data-driven applications. Fathym also provides support for application orchestration and automated infrastructure management.
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AWS Launches a No-Code Mobile and Web App Builder in Beta: Amazon Honeycode
Recently, AWS announced the beta release of Amazon Honeycode, a fully managed service allowing customers to build mobile and web applications without writing any code quickly.
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Microsoft Rebrands Flow Service to Power Automate, Adds Robotic Process Automation Capabilities
At the recent Ignite conference, Microsoft announced changes to its cloud-based automation service, Microsoft Flow. The service has been re-branded to Power Automate, which better aligns to other Power Platform services. Microsoft has also expanded on the capabilities of the Microsoft Flow service by providing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities, in preview.
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Democratizing Portal Development, Microsoft Announces Power Apps Portals General Availability
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced the general availability of Power Apps portals, a solution that allows organizations to publish customer, partner and community portals to internal and external users using a low-code, configuration-driven, responsive web experience.
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IoT Visual Programming Environment Node-RED Hits 1.0
At the end of a two-year development cycle, Node-RED has finally reached version 1.0, bringing plenty of changes. Among the major new features in Node-RED 1.0 are a new asynchronous message passing model, new completion API, and message cloning by default. Additionally, the visual editor got a revamp.
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Microsoft Releases PowerApps Portals Preview, a Low-Code Customer Portal Solution
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced PowerApps Portals in preview, a low-code solution for building responsive customer portals. PowerApps Portals is the successor of Dynamics 365 Portals, which generally required developers to use complex web templates. Using PowerApps Portals, people familiar with Microsoft PowerApps can transition those skills into building customer-facing portals.
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Democratizing AI for Business Applications, Microsoft Release AI Builder Preview
At the recent Business Applications Summit in Atlanta, Microsoft announced a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) service for the Power Platform called AI Builder. The new service brings AI capabilities to low code application and workflow services: Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow which run on top of the Common Data Service (CDS), an enterprise-grade datastore.