Introduction to Joget DX Open Source No-Code/Low-Code Application Platform

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Joget

Joget is an open source no-code/low-code application platform for faster, simpler digital transformation. It combines the best of business process automation, workflow management and rapid application development in a simple, flexible and open platform. ​Visual and web-based, it empowers non-coders and coders to instantly build and maintain apps anytime, anywhere. With Joget DX, scaling your business just got a little easier, and a whole lot less complicated. With more than 200,000 downloads in 150 countries, a vibrant growing community of 12,000 members globally and over 500 customers worldwide, Joget is a proven platform for a wide spectrum of organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies.

What is Citizen Development?

Gartner defines a citizen developer as “a user who creates new business applications for consumption by others using development and runtime environments sanctioned by corporate IT”.

Citizen development is not a new phenomenon, and in the past it was common for rogue citizen developers to bypass IT to develop custom solutions using software (like Microsoft Access or Excel) or subscribe to unsanctioned services. Notoriously known as shadow IT, these ad-hoc apps are difficult to manage and scale, often causing problems in compliance, security, quality and hidden costs among others.

So how do businesses optimize citizen development to maximize benefit? Rather than trying to restrict citizen development, businesses can adopt the following strategies to govern and maximize the value of citizen developers. With a proper governance strategy, citizen development is a win-win situation where business users can easily build apps to solve their problems while IT has visibility and oversight.