低代码/零代码平台评测标准 (Evaluation Standards of Low Code/ Zero Code Platform)
Forrester的最新报告指出： “企业开发团队正在采用低代码/零代码开发平台，市场的增长前景似乎一片乐观。2020年低代码市场规模或将达到155亿美元，超过75％的应用程序将在低代码/零代码平台中开发。公民开发者的比例将从2017年的40%提升到2020年的70%。”Gartner则预言，到了2021年，市场对于应用开发的需求将五倍于IT公司的产能。显然，为填补这一产量缺口，低代码/零代码技术是目前唯一可行的解决方案，必然会有越来越多的企业引入这一技术，这也使得低代码/零代码市场成为一个高速进化而不断扩容的巨大市场。
According to Forrester, the total market for low-code development platforms will hit $21.2 billion by 2022, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent. Gartner predicts more than 65% of application development in 2024 will be from low-code, and market demand for app development will grow at least five times faster than IT’s capacity to deliver it through 2021. Apparently, to fill this serious production gap, low code / zero code technology is the only feasible solution at present. With more usage and continuous development, the low code / zero code market will be more demanding than ever.
那么企业会青睐什么样的低代码/零代码平台？据App Developer Magazine 报道，2018 年企业引入低代码/零代码开发的主要原因包括：
So what kind of low-code / zero-code platforms will most likely be used by companies? Below are five main reasons for companies to consider low-code / zero-code development summarized by App Developer Magazine:
- 用于内部开发，节省资金，而且可以由内部的专业人士完成产品迭代；
- Can be used for internal development. Companies don't need to bring in an external app development team.
- 让现有的IT 人员和非开发人员快速轻松地构建应用，填补技能差距；
- Allow existing IT personnel and non-developers quickly and easily build applications
- 缩短开发时间，让应用开发和需求登记并行成为可能；
- Shorten the development time, the application needs can be met in a shorter time.
- 减少技术培训成本；
- Reduce learning costs
- 克服平台集成问题，低代码/零代码平台使得开发一次就可以适用于所有设备，应用可以在移动设备、笔记本和台式机上运行。
- Applications can run on all devices, including mobile devices, laptops and desktops at one time.
综合起来，企业在选择低代码/零代码平台时首先考虑的标准包括开发效率、平台通用性、多终端兼容性、对非代码人员的友好程度（人员结构）、学习成本等标准，而在这几方面表现优越的平台自然成为市场上的佼佼者。综合分析，我们也会发现国外Mendix、Outsystems做的不错，而国内综合实力较强的则要数iVX。
