I know a little about NoCode

Muhammad Mubashir
3 min readApr 9, 2021

What is NoCode?

We are swamped with multiple devices at hand and we use them for most of our time for work or leisure. Either we are instagramming or gaming or debating on reddit. Apps we use are developed using an extensive codebase. Given we face a lot of problems and and want to make a product around it we find it difficult to execute or have no knowledge around coding. Nocode empowers people with no code knowledge to develop their website or mobile apps right away. You can kick off a product very quickly using nocode tools.

Nocode gives power to creators to make their ideas become reality and accomplish it faster. It not only provides tools to make websites or apps but also helps in developing chatbots, internal tooling and automation of tasks are also possible with these tools. Additionally it also reduces the burden from developers to code everything that is requested from different stakeholders of the company. Moreover, the production cost of making this cost can significantly reduce because you don’t want to train developers and pay higher salaries to acquire them too.

So will it eradicate Coders altogether?

The answer is no. Coders are also needed to build no-code tools. The no-code tools also have limits. Often those limits are overcome by small script that is needed to bridge the gap between no code tools and code enabled environment.

So where to start?

GOOGLE IT!

Honestly, it depends what you are trying to achieve. There are several websites and communities that guide you to develop different applications using multiple nocode tools.

These websites facilitate your nocode journey in building new products, automate your tasks.

1. Makerpad

2. NuCode

3. NoCode.tech

Additionally, There is a full fledged conference on nocode, here is the link for it. There are different talks you can through and learn about no code movement.

Some tools you can use to make web apps or mobile apps quickly:

1. Bubble

  • Bubble lets you create interactive, multi-user apps for desktop and mobile web browsers and includes all the tools you need to build a site like Facebook or Airbnb.

2. Webflow

  • Webflow empowers designers to build professional, custom websites in a completely visual canvas with no code.

3. Squarespace

  • Squarespace is the all-in-one solution for anyone looking to create a beautiful website. Domains, eCommerce, hosting, galleries, analytics, and 24/7 support

4. Adalo — develop mobile apps

5. Glideapps (create apps using google sheets)

All of the above tools have extensive tutorials that you can go through and build whatever you plan to do.

To Automate Stuff?

A lot of time you need to perform repetitive tasks or think in bulk, there are platforms that help you achieve it. These tools connect multiple app such as Slack, Gmail, Google Sheets, Mailerlite or more. You can create a workflow to do repetitive tasks without any code and it is very easy to learn.

Use Cases:

  • Get Notifications and Reminders about approaching Google Calendar event to Slack Channel
  • Subscribe new Facebook Lead Ad leads to a Mailchimp list
  • Send emails for new Google Forms responses in a spreadsheet
  • Create Asana tasks with new rows in Google Sheets
  • Create Zooms calls with new rows in Google Sheets

Tools for Automation:

1. Zapier

2. Integromat

For NoCode Bots

Bots are really helpful to interact with your users and convert the lead and also solve consumer problems quickly. Chatbots helps you to engage your customers with your brands, Build relationships with customer through interactive and tailored content and to make such chatbots use these tools:

1. Botsify

2. Chatfuel

3. Pandorabots

Some other nocode tools are:

- Airtable

- Notion

- Gumroad

There are way more new tools being launched everyday solving different use case for creators. Start creating and share your product with public. Make a company that scales. Contribute and collaborate with other founders. Keep growing.

P.S I developed my website on webflow

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