低代码平台和社区开发者的崛起：更多解决方案还是更多问题？

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Apps。如果你是AWS的客户，可以使用Honeycode。如果你是谷歌的用户，可以使用Appsheet。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"接下来，让你的社区开发者在这个平台上接受培训。一旦他们习惯于使用特定的平台，他们就不太可能要求使用其他平台。只要你为你的用户提供一条出路来满足他们对低代码的渴望，他们就能够完成他们想要完成的事情。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"最后，在你的团队中分享一些关于现有IT技术栈\/云供应商机器学习和数据转换服务的专业知识。当你的社区开发者需要使用机器学习平台时，他们最好使用你已经使用过的平台，这样你就可以更容易地控制数据。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"作者简介"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"Doug 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Functions公司，他们可以评估低代码应用程序的风险水平，并构建和维护集成\/转换组件。另外，可以在AWS、Azure或谷歌云上将组件部署为原生云函数，让你的数据保留在你的环境中。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"查看英文原文"},{"type":"text","text":"："}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/articles\/low-code-community-developer\/?fileGuid=lnzcQM9kAy4jvNxa","title":"","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Low-Code Platforms and the Rise of the Community Developer: Lots of Solutions, or Lots of Problems?"}]}]}]}