Why Choose OutSystems

To keep up with the fast-paced digital industry, businesses need innovation and smart solutions to stay in the market, low-code development allows the creation of applications quickly and efficiently compared to traditional development, OutSystems is a leading platform when it comes to low-code, it promises to accelerate the delivery of applications while maintaining security and scalability.

This article will highlight the reasons on why choosing OutSystems to develop your application is the way to go.

What is OutSystems?

OutSystems is a full stack low-code software development platform that allows developers to build applications with minimal to no coding. Service Studio is the visual development environment that is used to create the applications and modules, create the user interface, build the data model, define the business processes and debug the application, with OutSystems, you can develop a traditional web, a reactive web, or a mobile application.

The platform provides functionalities that expedites the delivery of applications such as the drag-and-drop feature which allows developers to visually develop instead of writing lines of code, another feature that OutSystems is known for is the use of reusable components allowing the applications to be consistent and well structured, the feature that stands out and makes OutSystems the leading low-code developing platform is the 1-click publish button, this button will do all the compiling work for you, including the generation of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and C# code, the application logic, and the deployment of the application to the server or environment. 

Reasons to choose OutSystems

Speed and Efficiency

OutSystems is all about speed and efficiency, and to achieve that, the platform provides a collaborative environment to allow developers to build applications together and reuse code across the modules and applications.OutSystems supports and encourages code reusability, the Forge is a collaborative repository with reusable modules and components that developers share to help with speeding up the development and delivery time.

The drag-and-drop feature allows developers to quickly build the interface, automate workflows, and create logic and business processes without the need to code. Service Studio provides app templates to further accelerate the development, these templates are comprehensive with all necessary elements that allows easy personalization of the screen and ensures to substantially reduce development time.

With these features and built-in functionalities developers have less complexities to deal with, ensuring a fast and efficient development of the application.

Reliable Scalability

Scalability is an important aspect to consider when developing applications, OutSystems is designed for this, it is flexible when it comes to customer requirements, as the demand in the application grows OutSystems handles the load easily, this supports the increase in volumes of data, the number of users, or transactions, hence, the scale can be increased to almost no restrictions.

Using OutSystems to develop your applications is advantageous when it comes to scalability, the platform promises a seamless growth, as it allows you to develop a small application and without disruption and expensive redevelopment you can expand when needed.

The architecture of the platform is made to keep up with load balancing and distribute the requests across multiple servers, ensuring consistent performance of the application as it expands.If a component or a server fails, the application will function as usual without disrupting the performance, this is possible because OutSystems is designed to avoid and prevent single points failure.

Another advantage of the platform is its straightforward and simple configuration process for scaling support as the application grows, requiring no complex procedures or significant interruptions.

Fast and Easy Integration

OutSystems has automation and built-in capabilities for integrating applications with systems, software, and external databases, which significantly reduces the tedious and unnecessary efforts to do these tasks manually. It only requires a few configuration steps to have your database tables ready to be used when integrating with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle the platform has this feature built-in.

REST APIs integration is easily done, as all methods and data structures can be integrated with external systems. Error logs and performance information is done automatically because integrations are made to be instrumented, and the integrations with no code required can be managed at run-time within the module.

OutSystems can be deployed to collect data from multiple enterprise systems, apply business logic, and present customized user-friendly interfaces.

Therefore, expediting the development process as integration can be done quickly, transfer of knowledge requires less efforts and time, and with the built-in logs integrations are monitored and performance is managed. The integrations are only done by authorized IT users for governance purposes.

Assured Security

Enterprise security is very important when it comes to delivering a safeguarded application, OutSystems is dedicated in providing a completely secure platform and ensuring customers’ data and end-to-end operations are protected.

The efforts in allowing clients to have a secure platform is very evident with OutSystems, the platform acquired multiple industry-standard certifications including ISO 27001, which is the international standard for information security and management system, PCI DSS, the certification which handles credit card transactions, and SOC 2, this certification is important for services that provide storing data in the cloud, and other important certifications such as GDPR(General Data Protection Regulation) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). A Security Division is maintained to monitor, analyze, and react to threats that could arise, a thorough investigation and incident analysis is conducted to avoid these incidents and maintain the integrity of the platform.

To conclude, OutSystems stands out when it comes to low-code development platforms, it encourages businesses to rapidly grow and develop scalable applications that are secure and perform smoothly. With Service Studio, reusable components, and the outstanding 1-click publish button ensures a fast and efficient development of applications, along with providing a collaborative environment to allow developers to create applications together, hence, allowing the development team to focus on innovation rather than unnecessary repetitive tasks.

The built-in integration capabilities of OutSystems, developers can easily configure the database from external systems. OutSystems provide a secure platform to ensure customers’ sensitive data is protected and handled with utmost security.