Editor's Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone's 2024 Trend Report, Low-Code Development: Elevating the Engineering Experience With Low and No Code.
The rise of low-code and no-code (LCNC) platforms has sparked a debate about their impact on the role of developers. Concerns about skill devaluation are understandable; after all, if anyone can build an app, what happens to the specialized knowledge of experienced programmers?