Episode

Armchair Architects: How architecture is changing – Low-code Development

with David Blank-Edelman, Eric Charran, Uli Homann

Azure Essentials Show

In this episode of the Armchair Architect series of the Azure Enablement Show, David Blank-Edelman is joined by Uli Homann, Microsoft Corporative Vice President and Distinguished Architect, and Eric Charran, Chief Architect at Microsoft for a conversation about low-code scenarios, fusion development, and Microsoft Power Apps.

Chapters

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 01:23 - What does low-code mean?
  • 02:45 - Low-code has democratized software development.
  • 03:33 - Next-gen low-code scenarios are offered as SaaS, allowing better change management and governance, etc.
  • 05:37 - Are we bringing some of the lessons learned in versioning to the low-code scenario?
  • 06:13 - Governance is key. Rights management can help limit who can make changes to a low-code app.
  • 08:19 - What advice can you offer someone who is a domain expert but not a developer and is creating low-code apps?
  • 08:56 - How do architects know when a low-code solution is good enough or better than writing code?
  • 09:43 - Power Platform is a SaaS solution that is designed so that a low-code app creator can't overwhelm the system.
  • 10:28 - f you're building a low-code application, you should think more about functionality than anything else.
  • 11:43 - Fusion development allows developers better enable connections between low-code and traditional apps.
  • 13:44 - Architects need to embrace low-code since it is closer to the domain of people who are using it.
  • 14:44 - Fusion development is necessary due to the backlog of Enterprise apps that are needed.

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