App Builder Blog

Let’s be honest - we all get the hype. A new AI coding tool drops. An AI app builder promises magic. You try it… and wow. In minutes, you’ve got a shiny app. But is it enough?

It’s safe to say that AI-powered app building makes the most sense in scenarios where speed, iteration, and reduced manual effort are critical. But how to handle it? We give you the steps.

App Builder’s one-click deployment takes a significant step towards simplifying modern web app development. By eliminating the need for manual configuration and seamlessly connecting design, code generation, and deployment, teams can focus on innovation instead of infrastructure.

The low-code development is changing fast. That’s for sure. Pro-code developers no longer see it as a practice that only empowers citizen developers or junior programmers. But what are the factors that influenced the shift in their mindset and development philosophy?

Continuous delivery no longer has to be complex or resource-heavy. With low-code platforms like App Builder, teams can fast-track development, automate prototyping, testing, and deployment, and leverage AI capabilities, making releases faster and more reliable.

AI code generation is powerful. It’s fast, flexible, and great for tackling isolated coding challenges or exploring ideas. But it’s not a silver bullet. Relying on it alone for complex, scalable, or production-grade applications comes with tradeoffs in consistency, security, and collaboration.  That’s where tools like App Builder come in.

Many organizations in healthcare, finance, etc. have specific needs around security, cost control, performance-sensitive workloads, or integration when using certain technology and platforms. Some of them opt for cloud-based solutions. Others find that the cloud alone doesn’t fully meet their operational or regulatory requirements. This is where on-premise development and App Builder On-Prem come into play.

Want to quickly connect your database and build full-featured apps? This guide will show you how to connect App Builder with Microsoft's Data API Builder. Read more.

It’s not the end of the human role in app development. The software industry is still far from being completely overtaken by AI-assisted development, removing the need for developers. On the contrary, AI in software development serves as a complementary technique that extends human capacity while opening space for strategies, creativity, and efficiency.

App Builder streamlines anything from design to code, and with the recently introduced Form Builder functionality and its intuitive drag-and-drop interface, creating forms now happens faster and more efficiently than ever before.