No-code platforms and tools: safety concerns, the future of programming

No-code changes the future and world with the power of bringing the AI to masses

Are these new technology implementations safe for users?

The bulk of new products and other platforms allow applying artificial intelligence without having to write the line of code yourself. The No-code popularity can change the world, but some people still worry about the security issues here. No-code is considered to be the future of developers.

Ten years from now, the application and web design strongly depended on developers who needed to work a lot to make the code properly work. Nowadays, developers have a tool for coding and helping them to develop. Some people already use low code or no-code tools already without knowing.

Serverless solutions have been popularized these days, and the ability to plan, assemble, maintain systems easily is making the solution more and more attractive.^[1] No-code industry is also evolving and growing since new tools get created and used across the networks. Funding for such projects is easily gotten too.^[2]

What is no-code?

The No-code tool is a practical method of programming that does not particularly involve writing the code. It works with GUI tools. It does not require the user to know how to use code.^[3] The tool relies on simple methods that increase efficiency. It does not necessarily mean that there is no code, however. There is code when developing the tool, but for the user of this method, the only abilities that are required are scrolling, clicking, dragging, dropping.

There is no limitation when it comes to options of creating projects using such a no-code tool. You can create a website, build an application, and automate your work, home tasks, organize data. This is not a platform focused on a particular industry or the area of work, so there are a lot of tools and purposes in particular industries.

Is it safe to use No-code tools?

These applications are built, and safety should be ensured at the creator's end. The only way how such a tool might be considered not safe is when the citizen developers now know the proper software security practices. Security gaps might occur out of bad practices. It is important to spend a good amount of time learning different rules and software security principles.

There are tons of safe tools that rely on proper security and industry methods, protect data, and put information security first. There are some risks with No-code tools like APIs that tools use. Such plugins can create issues with No-code, low-code, or traditionally developed software too.

External API usage requires attention and proper techniques because there might be inherent security risks. Before completing the external APIs to your application, rely on security measures and integrate those protection methods into development. Scan for the penetration flaws and other issues. Attention to detail and double-checking should help with solving any problems that plugins or APIs can cause.

Popular No-code vendors that follow the security measures:

Bubble.io

This is the platform that uses Amazon Web Services to host the service – one of the most popular cloud hosting solutions. Bubble.io^[4] relies on security measures with certifications like ISO 27001, SOC 2, CSA. It also integrates automated code testing, security controls to users, automatic activity logs, data recovery.

Adalo

This is the application development tool that can be considered reasonably secure due to the lack of transparency of the security measures. The platform is partially GDPR-compliant, and has no servers in the EU territory, does not use EU-US Privacy Shield. The platform has strong safety measures for sensitive customer data and passwords.

Webflow

The secure platform is substantively transparent about the security measures. Webflow is compliant with GDPR and SOC2 regulations. The data is hosted on the AWS, and the platform offers two-factor authentication, single sign-on, SSL data encryption. There are additional measures that can be implemented to keep the website safer.