Low-code is one of the most dynamic markets. New products and platforms appear every month. The essential point is that those low-code platforms can have absolutely different purposes and features. Amazon has recently announced Honeycode—a no-code mobile and web app builder. In this post we’ll figure out how Directual differs from Honeycode.
Programming is not a piece of cake! It took at least a year to get ready to code a mobile or web app (usually it takes even several years). At the same time the demand for new digital products has been continuously increasing for the last decade. Due to that a lot of businesses struggle against the scarcity of developers—IT departments are overwhelmed with requests! Low-code/no-code technology turns out to be an answer to that challenge.
“Customers have told us that the need for custom applications far outstrips the capacity of developers to create them,” said AWS VP Larry Augustin.
Following that emerging low-code trend Amazon has recently announced the beta launch of Honeycode, a web-based, drag-and-drop app builder. Further in this post we’ll explore the details and crucial discrepancies between Honeycode and Directual.
Honeycode could be described as “a spreadsheet on steroids”. That platform uses a spreadsheet view as its core interface, and standard spreadsheet-style formulas to manipulate data. Like similar tools, Honeycode has drag-and-drop app interface builder with such elements as forms, lists, buttons. The standard app appearance can’t be changed.
Honeycode provides users with a few templates for common use cases like surveys, to-do lists, inventory management, budget approval, etc. These templates are great to get up and running quickly.
Thus, the Amazon low-code platform could be described with the following figure:
Honeycode extends familiar spreadsheets with simple web-interfaces (adapted for mobile view). That is the right step towards visual development. But it does not seem to be enough for building significant and sophisticated software solution.
Directual is a low-code platform for building complex and flexible apps. It allows to setup a database, configure API, process data in real time, and deploy your app in a one click.
Directual is a developer-friendly low-code platform. There are traditional software development concepts in its fundament. These are a database, APIs, data processing and Interface components. Directual approach could be visualised as follows:
Directual simplifies software developing operations, keeping absolute flexibility and scalability. For example, there is a way to setup signing in/signing up via email or Google for your app in a couple of clicks. It also means that Directual can be applied with traditional technologies in a familiar way by REST-interface
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We are happy that low-code market is developing insanely and more people are being engaged into low-code development. Honeycode is great for rapid prototyping and meeting immediate business needs. But if you need to develop a significant and flexible app, have a look at Directual!
An application programming interface is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface that provides a service to other software. Directual allows you to establish RESTful PAPI without coding using a powerful visual API-builder.
Representational state transfer (REST) is a software architectural style that describes the architecture of the Web. Usually applied as REST API or RESTful API.
Join 15,000+ no-coders using Directual and create something you can be proud of—both faster and cheaper than ever before. It’s easy to start thanks to the visual development UI, and just as easy to scale with powerful, enterprise-grade databases and backend.
