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What is the Rapid Application Development (RAD) Methodology?

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Throughout the digital era, application development trends have defined the way most IT giants deliver their services. Digital solutions are the forerunners of operational and delivery efficiency in any product cycle. Considering the importance of software applications, the development phase becomes exceptionally crucial for any organization. That’s when smart application development methodologies come into the picture.

Rapid Application Development or RAD is one such software development approach that follows the idea of prototyping and iterative improvement in the life cycle of product development. There’s no in-depth planning involved behind this methodology which makes it more focused on requirements gathering, and thus, updating the prototype on the same standards. Read more

Why Choose Rapid Application Development?

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Imagine a simple scenario. Your client approves the process and timeline for a particular project. Your team is halfway through the project, and suddenly the client has some change in plans! All your efforts go in vain, and you need to start from scratch. A massive blow, isn’t it?

But when it comes to software development, Rapid Application Development (RAD) comes to the rescue. Often the changing business demands and fluctuating market structure enforces to make changes in the architecture of the software. Let’s see how development models that are more effective and flexible like RAD come in handy. Read more

How Does a Smart City Work?

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If you ask Wikipedia, it explains, “A smart city is an urban area that uses electronic devices and sensors to collect data.” What are these smart cities? Why do they collect data? How do smart cities work? Apart from answering these questions, there’s a lot more to know about technology in smart cities. Let’s dive right in.

By 2050, 68% of the world’s population would be living in urban cities. The gradual shift in preferences and lifestyles creates the need for technological innovation and vice-versa. The emergence of smart city initiatives is the outcome of the growing challenges and necessity for accommodation for the huge population. Read more

What is a Low-Code Solution?

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The IT era is ruling every business in today’s world. Every day, multiple businesses are transforming their core operations into digital entities. We’re witnessing a huge transition of physical products, services, and processes into digital systems. However, the adoption of digital transformation in business leaves most CIOs with a primary concern – the lack of digital strategy and expertise within the team. The existing organizational structure and the absence of software development expertise can be detrimental to a digital transformation strategy. As a result, we see numerous businesses giving up on the dream of a 100% digital transformation success too early. Read more

How much does it cost to create an app for my business?

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The answer to this question, of course, depends on the approach taken. Possible approaches are:

  • Traditional in-house development
  • Outsourced development
  • Low-Code development (either in-house or outsourced)

Traditional in-house development and outsourced development is normally slow and expensive. However, Low-Code development is fast, and it saves money.

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How do we Implement Government Digital Transformation?

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Government digital infrastructures are renowned for being:

  • Rich in data
  • Complex
  • Full of legacy systems
  • Not joined up

Of course, it’s not all true. It can’t be. For example, cities such as Barcelona and Amsterdam are known for having forward-looking IT postures. The governments of states such as Germany and Singapore have excellent reputations when it comes to technological outlook. Read more

Should I Create an App for my Business?

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Yes, for sure! Along with using the platform, the best way to get to know Crust is to build a Low-Code Application for your business. It’s a great No-Code Low Code approach to dealing with business application requirements.

Crust, the Open-Source Low-Code Development platform is the ideal tool for your Business Application requirements.

Out-of-the-box with Crust, your organisation gets:

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Benefits of Prototyping When Following a Rapid App Development Methodology

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Prototyping apps is a really useful activity for many reasons. For example, it can help your organisation:

  • Understand potential complexity in a proposed app
  • Get concept buy-in from key stakeholders or customers
  • Improve project co-ordination
  • Clarify user journeys and user interfaces
  • Highlight skill shortages
  • Deliver a total cost of development and ownership for a full working product
  • Keep costs of a digital transformation strategy to a minimum
  • Add certainty to decision-making

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What Tools are Available for Rapid Application Development?

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Rapid Application Development with Low-Code development platforms is becoming increasingly popular. If you search for the term “Low-code development platform” on Google Trends, you see that since 2015 the interest in low-code increased massively. So, what tools are available for you to start with Rapid Application Development?

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