WWDC: Apple’s call for code and the future without codes

debbiecaseyApril 11, 2022

When there are not enough developers to go around, what can a company like Apple do to try to solve the problem? Two things, really – investing in global education in coding skills, and making existing environments easier to use.

Apple will not have a future without codes

WWDC 2022, announced this week and scheduled for June 6-10, confirms ‘Code call,’ rather than codeless call. Apple will not have a code – free future, but it must continue to build developer environments to empower people without building much more complex app coding knowledge.

There are compelling economic reasons for doing so. With every venture digital enterprise nowthe demand for coded talent has increased exponentially (Demand doubled in 2021), so good developers order fees that small and medium – sized enterprises (SMBs) cannot afford. High-tech firms, including Apple, have the luxury of construction worldwide development hubs while seeking the best and brightest developers. SMBs do not have this advantage.

That lack of skills is driving many companies to look for other ways to complete projects. Apple reads the same surveys we do, so it will know Gartner research recently claiming that by 2025 70% of new applications developed by organizations will use low – code or non – code technologies. Mendix Survey who claimed that 77% of enterprises already use the low code where they can.

They do this to reduce the need for costly development teams, to accelerate companies’ response to change, and to accelerate application delivery. Codeless solutions are also cheaper to maintain.

The result? Good results, faster – and lower risk.

Accessibility is paramount

The need to make code development more accessible is growing. This is encouraging companies, including Apple, to invest in coding education (as Swift Playgrounds, Code Learning, Hacking the Swift, Everyone can Code events, to name a few).

It also means that Apple continues to work to reduce the barrier to the use of development tools. Here, in part, is what Swift UI (now version 3.0) aspires to, as does Swift Playgrounds, which teaches coding skills.

Apple points to progress toward the future of low code (if not), saying SwiftUI“That helps you build great apps across all Apple platforms with the power of Swift – and as little code as possible. ”

The democratization of the code?

Apple’s Shortcuts app demonstrates a similar approach to developing customized, democratized solutions. It also has its well-known codeless AI platform, Trinity. Demonstrating all of this the company recognizes the need to democratize code.

Business users already see this. Fiverr recently published Spring 2022 Needs Index for Small Businesses a 204% increase in searches for solutions such as . bubble by US SMBs looking for growth.

Enterprise users realize that barriers to building applications need to be lowered to truly reap the benefits of digital – and the best way to achieve this is to continue to build apps with as little code as possible.