Application of LCDP and Technology in Existing Business Systems in Enterprise

In the field of software development, Low-code Development Platform(LCDP) and low-code technology can automatically generate source code of business module, improving the efficiency of software development. However, for enterprises, there is a difficulty in applying LCDP and technology in existing business systems: the source code generated by LCDP cannot be integrated into other systems (such as existing systems) directly due to incompatible technology stacks. In an effort to mitigate the problem, these innovations are proposed in this paper: 1) A method to apply LCDP and technology in existing software system: extracting the visual code generation ability from LCDP as independent module for the purpose of reuse in existing business systems; 2) Designing an innovative architecture and method decoupled through technologies such as “Front-end and Back-end Separation”, “Micro Front-end” and “Micro-Service” so that code generation ability in the previous step and the code generated by it can be directly, easily and quickly integrated into existing business systems. Applying the method, the architecture and related technologies in this paper in existing business systems enables systems not only repeatedly generate code but also integrate the generated code, thereby enhancing development efficiency in enterprise. Currently, the methods and technologies outlined in this paper have been applied in enterprises, not only demonstrating the feasibility of this low-code code generation ability, the architecture with technologies especially emerging micro front-end and method to integrate, but also concluding that enterprise development efficiency is improved, and the more existing systems to apply in and the more modules are generated and integrated into, the greater the efficiency gains.