Adoption and Usability of Low-Code/No-Code Development Tools

The low-code/no-code development approach is an increasingly important domain addressing many current software development challenges. The available reports and forecasts point towards very positive global trends. Therefore, we looked into the popularity, adoption and use of low-code/no-code development approach in the Slovenian environment. This paper presents the results of a study made within business organizations revealing the adoption and acceptance of the low-code/no-code development approach and a usability study of the representative low-code/no-code development tool, expressed with SUS, UMUX and UMUX-Lite. The results reveal that the use of the low-code/no-code development approach in Slovenian organizations is lower than reported by global research. However, a significant overlap can be found in many areas, including reasons for not using the low-code/no-code development approach. According to the encouraging results of a usability study and the positive expectations related to the low-code/no-code development approach, positive changes are expected.