"The future of programming is not programming at all." With those words, Chris Wanstrath, the co-founder and former CEO of GitHub, the largest open source software platform, predicted a few years ago that programming would be an increasingly automatic process.
This is confirmed by the recent rise of 'no-code' platforms, those that allow the creation of digital products or the automation of certain processes without the need to be a professional developer or have exhaustive technical knowledge. In this way, instead of having to learn and use specific programming languages to develop functionality (such as JavaScript, Python or C) and use code libraries such as those compiled by GitHub, best no-code tools offer to interact with a visual and intuitive interface, dragging boxes and modules. An example of the popularization of 'no-code' is the success of Webflow, a tool for designers to develop web pages without the need to write code, which has reached a valuation of 2.1 billion dollars.
Entrepreneurs like the creator of SinOficina have developed simple products entirely with no-code tools, but startups often use them to streamline their processes and validate prototypes or MVPs (minimum viable products). "Many users use Typeform to prototype cheaply and quickly: you don't have to wait to hire a developer or for the developer to have time," explains its CTO, Pau Minoves. To these advantages is added "the quality and professionalism of the design" offered by these tools according to the expert.