How We Write Better Software with Low-Code • Michiel Overeem • GOTO 2023

Discover low-code development with AFAS, empowering citizen developers to build custom apps without technical expertise.

Key takeaways

The speaker discusses how their company, AFAS, uses low-code to generate software for their customers, allowing citizen developers to create custom applications without needing extensive technical knowledge.
The company’s goal was to capture domain knowledge in a model, which would serve as the source of truth for their software.
They identified three main components of their domain model: entities, processes, and roles.
By using this model, they were able to generate software that was more productive and easier to maintain, with 95% of the functionality written by citizen developers.
The model is used to generate code, and changes to the model can be used to generate new implementations.
The company has a platform that allows citizen developers to work on the model and generate software without needing technical expertise.
The model allows for the capture of business knowledge and the creation of software that is consistent and maintainable.
The company’s low-code approach has allowed them to re-engineer their software and make it more scalable, with 27 years of experience in building systems.
They also use low-code to generate help and walkthroughs from the domain model, which can be used to train new employees.
The company has experience in using low-code to refactor their systems and make them more efficient.
They also have a generator that reads the model and generates code, allowing for easy maintenance and updates.

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