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Solve business problems instead of technical ones
What do you like best about the product?
As a old-time c# coder I love the fact I can focus on solving business problems instead of technical issues. I have no worries about dependencies and low-level stuff. Furthermore the TrueChange is awesome. I really have no trouble to refactor, move methods around and clean up stuff. Maintenance is fun as well. The new features in P10 is very welcome for the mobile department as well as the desktop environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
As a lowcode platform it lacks certain flexibility, but those are only edge cases nowadays. Ofcourse the versioning could have some loving by check-in comments but it's all in the nitpicking categories.
As long as it don't evolve in a old-school IDE i can manage most of the dislikes.
There is no perfect tool and there never will be.
As long as it don't evolve in a old-school IDE i can manage most of the dislikes.
There is no perfect tool and there never will be.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All sorts of business problems, from invoicing, webshops and plain websites. The speed of change and flexibility is the biggest benefit. The easy of refactoring datamodels and simple yet effective way of implementing security measures is a big plus.
Customers see how easy and fast changes are implemented and are very happy with it and are becoming more active in the development itself instead of waiting in the backroom to see what it has become.
Customers see how easy and fast changes are implemented and are very happy with it and are becoming more active in the development itself instead of waiting in the backroom to see what it has become.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Embrace the change and don't be afraid you are boxed with this tool.
It's hugely dynamic and you can still use c#/java if you really really need to.
Upgrades are a breeze and every new major release will surprise you everytime!
It's hugely dynamic and you can still use c#/java if you really really need to.
Upgrades are a breeze and every new major release will surprise you everytime!
4 months of experience as outsystems developer
What do you like best about the product?
Ease, simplicity and speed of development
What do you dislike about the product?
at the momment, I have no reason to complain
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
developing call center apps
Outsystems and Futuresystems
What do you like best about the product?
The platform is, quite frankly, amazing at what it is says it does. It is a strong and capable tool for enabling a very intuitive development environment, over which both small and sharp, as well as large and still efficient applications can be designed. In my honest opinion, the strongest selling point of Outsystems is that it removes from developers the need to do a lot of background coding, putting together a strong suit of features focused on nurturing the creative spirit of the development process
What do you dislike about the product?
The integration studio and its relationship with the development service studio is not as easily understood for a still novice user, as is my case.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mostly HR and contact center related business applications. The fast deployment of new outsystems application versions enables fast response to contact centers requirements.
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What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use, allows a complete novice to enter the IT world and make great apps in a very fast and rather simply way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometime it can be very tricky to understand what is the errors that the system signals, specially in the service center monitoring screen. Also it can be difficult to use JavaScript since the the field of input looks just like a string where we don't have any feedback for the code.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am currently improving and doing maintenance for an already in use app, two year old, that process timesheets for company and client employees, and their salary processing also. The app is made in avery tricky and confused way, the lack of proper documentation process or a very simple and direct way to see the relation of all the eSpaces in use.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
See the films of who fast and easy it is to do an app.
Amazing
What do you like best about the product?
Being a special snowflake in software engineering by not being so fond of coding lines of code, Outsystems is a dream come true. I can focus on functionality and delivering results rather than spending hours searching for how I sholuld do this and that.
What do you dislike about the product?
Since I've only started to work with Outsystems 8 months ago, there isn't much I could dislike, For now, at platform 9 is the time a publish takes to get to the Done status and refreshing all references through a bunch of e-spaces.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am migrating aspx.net code to Outsystems and I've noticed how quickly and neatly one can make a simple change and put it online for testing/production, etc.
Fast Low code generation platform that enables quality products
What do you like best about the product?
Takes care of the small details with code generation as well as optimization and security best practices
What do you dislike about the product?
Old Platform monitoring tool that makes it difficult to get additional information at request level
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
That it is easier to change and maintain code faster.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Best tool to change code without breaking old code
A real joy to develop with.
What do you like best about the product?
How easy and fast it is to create even the most complex applications.
What do you dislike about the product?
The documentation and practical examples could be a bit better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
How to deliver enterprise grade apps with ever shorter budgets and smaller deadlines.
Quick and easy to spin up simple CRUD screens.
What do you like best about the product?
I love the flexibility the Studio environment provides, allowing you rename elements at will and have it propagate across your entire solution. It does a fantastic job of knowing what you probably want to do, an intelligent of sorts, that makes developing fast and easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some things that you would expect to be simple end up being difficult or simply not included within the suite. Fortunately there is a robust community that shares code that you can easily install.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Consolidating the shadow IT work that's been accumulating and going unsupported throughout the company into one central location. Replacing legacy systems with a much nicer user experience. Quickly delivering usable product.
An excellent platform
What do you like best about the product?
Think of purchasing OutSystems' as buying a high powered Internet Systems team "in a box". OutSystems has done all the work required for website framework for application developers; build, compilation, deployment, database, database binding, monitoring, user administration, etc.
What I like the best is the platform enables a developer to focus on the application's data model, screens, and workflows and less on the underlying technology [although it's important]. For example, basing an application on OutSystems' SilkUI allows a developer to easily create beautiful response websites.
The True Change technology is great because it ensures an application is not uploaded to the internet server unless data is properly bound. The built in database integration allows a developer to quickly create a data model to build their application on.
Lastly, the built in deployment process makes application life cycle management easy as a click of a button. Deployment includes the application [including web services] and database.
What I like the best is the platform enables a developer to focus on the application's data model, screens, and workflows and less on the underlying technology [although it's important]. For example, basing an application on OutSystems' SilkUI allows a developer to easily create beautiful response websites.
The True Change technology is great because it ensures an application is not uploaded to the internet server unless data is properly bound. The built in database integration allows a developer to quickly create a data model to build their application on.
Lastly, the built in deployment process makes application life cycle management easy as a click of a button. Deployment includes the application [including web services] and database.
What do you dislike about the product?
Well, all companies have to make money, but the software units model can limit the number of applications developed on the platform. It's not easy to guesstimate the amount needed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business problems:
Develop in house applications.
Benefits:
Developers like the system because they can focus on solving the application
Team velocity has doubled
Users love the application look, feel, and responsiveness.
System is stable
Develop in house applications.
Benefits:
Developers like the system because they can focus on solving the application
Team velocity has doubled
Users love the application look, feel, and responsiveness.
System is stable
Great platform for beginners and experts
What do you like best about the product?
Speed of development and ease of integration with existing platforms. As someone who has spent a career in IT, but never been a "developer", I was able to create a fairly complex application that seamlessly integrates with our existing databases.
True Change is pretty amazing - you make a change in one place and it corrects it in other areas of your application.
True Change is pretty amazing - you make a change in one place and it corrects it in other areas of your application.
What do you dislike about the product?
The software usage in the pricing model is a bit difficult to understand. Forecasting the software usage/consumption of a new project is not easy to do.
The support forum is a user community. While it is a great resource, if it is your only means of finding an answer to a problem it can take too long to get an answer.
The support forum is a user community. While it is a great resource, if it is your only means of finding an answer to a problem it can take too long to get an answer.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We replaced a paper volunteer application with an online version. The time required to complete the application was reduced from days to hours. As a non-profit that needs more than 1,000 volunteers per year to staff our mission, this was a huge step forward in our recruiting process.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sign up for a personal environment and do the online tutorials.
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