This document discusses and compares low-code development platforms Nintex and PowerApp. It provides an overview of programming language generations and how business application development has evolved from pre-packaged software to low-code platforms. Low-code platforms allow for rapid application development with minimal coding through visual interfaces and drag-and-drop functionality. The document reviews what distinguishes low-code from no-code platforms and provides details on Nintex's products, versions, and components before concluding with a demo of Nintex and PowerApp.

1. Low-code Development Platform
Nintex vs. PowerApp
Ehsan Hakimi Jan 2019

2. Agenda
-Programming language history
What is low code development?
-Low-code vs. No-code
-Review Nintex platform as a LCDP
-Nintex architecture
-Nintex versions and components
-Demo Nintex and PowerApp

3. Programming language generations
• 1st GL Machine Language
• 2nd GL Assembly
• 3rd GL High-level programming language
(Compiler introduced late 1950)s
such as .Net, Java, C++,…
• 4th GL (introduced late 1970s - Closer to natural language)
such SQL to access DB, Python
• 5th GL constraint-based or rule-based (Visual development,
code generator, AI - introduced 1990, PROLOG)

4. Business Application Evolution
• Pre-packaged software
• Customizing multi-purpose pre-packaged software
ERP, CRM, ECM, MIS
• Low-code (no-code) development platforms
Application driven from 4-5th Generation Language and introduced on 2011
Forrester estimates the total market for low-code development will grow to
$15.5 billion by 2020

5. Enterprise Digital transformation
(Digitalize our workplace in 2020)
• Rapid App Development (RAD)
• BPMS
• eForms
• Mobile
• Cloud

6. Low-code (no-code) development platforms
• Platforms that enable rapid delivery of business applications with a minimum of hand-coding and
minimal upfront investment in setup, training, and deployment.
• The visual interfaces that allow for drag-and-drop development
• Create application software through GUI and configuration instead of hand-coding
• Focus on development of a business processes, or UI such as web app
Pros Cons
• Are not time/cost-consuming
• Is not hard to maintain and apply changes
• Are not complex to use/build
• Are not need formal programmer (even
business user can do it)
• Are platform independent
• Integration is much easier now
• Still require sort of programming skills
• Sort of limitation option to built app
• Not suit for large/complex system
• A new risk - vendor dependency
• Compliance issue for SaaS versions

7. Forrester vs Gartner report

8. Low code development and Integration
 Appian
 OutSystem (mobile themes)

9. Low-code vs No-code
Low-Code No-Code
Primarily Serves Developers or power users Business Users
Purpose Next-gen Rapid Application Development tool for
professional developers
Self-service application for business users
Primarily Objective Speed of Development Ease of Use
Coding Amount Low, but present No Coding Required
Customization Most of customization are available Pre-built templates can be customised only
End-to-end Development All platforms provide end-to-end development Some platforms provide only limited capabilities
App Complexity Can create complex apps Can create simple apps
Cost Effectiveness Cost-effective for companies with an existing team of
developers
Cost-effective for companies with a backlogged IT
team and high requirements
Platform Lock-in Free to move between platforms Sometimes locked into the same platform

10. Nintex – LCDP

11. Business Use Case

12. 3M+ workflow applications in production
Billions of process executions annually

13. Nintex components
Connectors:
-Salesforce
-Adobe
-DocuSign
-Box
-SharePoint Online
-Microsoft OneDrive
-Microsoft Dynamics CRM
-Dropbox
-Twilio
-Zendesk
-Slack
-Google Drive
-Azure Active Directory
-SQL

14. Products versions

15. Not a SharePoint 3rd party anymore

16. Demo and tour
Nintex (low-code development)
- Nintex for office 365 demo
- Nintex for SP 2013 demo
PowerApp, Nintex Workflow Cloud (No-code development)
- PowerApp, PowerBI
- Nintex workflow cloud demo