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Re:App Maker, Google’s low-code tool for building business a... by royjacobs on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:57AM (#17318846)
But a lot of apps nowadays are essentially just forms to send data to a backend. If those apps can be 'trivially' made then that's a clear win, I'd say?

It will certainly not replace a lot of complex applications, but if you just want a quick "order a mouse at the internal servicedesk" app then what's the harm?

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Re:App Maker, Google’s low-code tool for building business a... by commandlinefan on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:49AM (#17320135)
> a lot of apps nowadays are essentially just forms to send data to a backend

That was true 30 years ago, when VB was popular, too. Heck, that was true 50 years ago, when CICS was popular. "Forms to send data to a backend" is deceptively complex.

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Re:App Maker, Google’s low-code tool for building business a... by lostcolony on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:35AM (#17318993)
If the needs never change and are 100% addressed by the app maker, fine.

In my experience that never happens, though, and you either have an incredibly painful process trying to work around the limitations of the app maker, or you end up with a rewrite anyway.

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