No code, No Cost, No Problem
If you want to get ahead in the modern workforce, learn to code. That’s been the message from employers, from teachers, from politicians. It’s been drilled into a generation of young Americans. If you want to get anywhere in life, you need to learn to code.
But here’s the thing. You don’t need to learn to code. You don’t need to learn how to become a developer. Because enterprises around the country have learned that while a powerful tool you can customize with coding is good, a powerful tool you can customize without coding is great.
That’s what’s powering the No Code Movement. A movement that Array is delighted to be a key driver of.
What is the No Code Movement?
The No Code Movement is all about getting the best possible results without having to learn to code - or to pay for an expensive in-house development team. Because there’s really no sense in paying for a custom app when you can simply use existing tools.
Take this story from Forbes, about an entrepreneur who wanted to build a mobile app for auto service centres:
“It took 12 engineers working full-time for 12 months just to reach a minimum viable product. And of that 12 months, only four were focused on UX and mobile capabilities—the parts of the app that were truly key to its success. The remainder were spent structuring databases, determining user access rights, and building up the technology stack.”
12 engineers, 12 months. All to build an app that three people could’ve built in three months by using a pre-built, no code platform engine.
A software developer earns an average of $72k in the US. 12 of them working on that app for a year adds up to $864,000 in salary expenses.
Nearly nine hundred thousand dollars to code from scratch, or an off-the shelf no code solution for a fraction of the cost. It’s no wonder businesses are doing the math.
They don’t want to learn to code. They don’t want to pay coders tens of thousands of dollars for bespoke software. They want something that’s easier, cheaper, and just as effective.
They want no code tools.
No Code Tools are on the Rise
"[T]ools are reducing the amount of time and coding expertise required to translate an idea into something people can use. You no longer need to become a programmer to build things on the internet, empowering a new wave of makers from different backgrounds and perspectives.”
Ryan Hoover, founder of Product Hunt, in The Rise of “No Code”
Here’s how Array founder Matt Doyle puts it:
If you want to calculate an advanced formula, you wouldn’t start by building a calculator.
A calculator is an amazing piece of technology. If we asked you to build one, you’d have no idea how to do it. And paying someone that did would cost your business tens of thousands. But if we handed you a pocket calculator, you could do all of the calculations you need in seconds.
You don’t need to know why the buttons work. You just need to know how to push them.
And that’s the way we’ve built Array.
Our developers have done all the hard work. We’ve built you the calculator. And we’ve written guides and explanations telling you which ones to push to create the forms you want, or share data securely, or create complex logic triggers to automate SMS and email messages.
You never need to understand a single line of code, let alone write one from scratch. You just need to use the tools that are out there that don’t require any coding knowledge whatsoever.
Tools like Canva, and Wix, and SalesForce, and MailChimp.
Tools like Array.
We want to build a community of people who are focused on customizing the tools that are out there without having to learn how to code them from scratch. We want to give you an advantage in the growing no code business ecosystem. We want you to realize that you don’t need to be a technical expert to create custom systems for your business.
You don’t need to know why the buttons work. You just need to know how to push them.
Take your first steps towards a customized no code ecosystem for your business.