>> Is "no code" meant to somehow imply something more?
In a way it's less. The products you list are much more capable developer products. These are more in the direction of the FileMaker or Access level of constraint, but implemented in a more modern way which means they can be fairly effective.
Using "no code" is just branding that hasn't been used broadly until now. Maybe it has, but it probably isn't well known enough to be unusable. I'd have called these "4GLs" perhaps.
Lots of companies are getting in on the act to create a market for this. All of the established companies making business software have some no/low code solution. Then there are newer companies like Zapier who do automation and are trying to be a connector between these apps.
Access was one of my favorite Microsoft products of the late 90s. As a high school kid learning C, VB6, and Linux I came across access and really liked that it let me make easy forms. If you knew how to do DB design access was a great tool. I made a grading system for a teacher and several other teachers adopted it. They used it for almost 8 years before moving on. I was just a curious high school kid able to make useful software with a little persistence. It still feels like that level of accessibility in terms of software tooling does not exist in modern dev. It’s all watered down and abstracted in ways a simple Desktop app is not.
In a way it's less. The products you list are much more capable developer products. These are more in the direction of the FileMaker or Access level of constraint, but implemented in a more modern way which means they can be fairly effective.
Using "no code" is just branding that hasn't been used broadly until now. Maybe it has, but it probably isn't well known enough to be unusable. I'd have called these "4GLs" perhaps.
Lots of companies are getting in on the act to create a market for this. All of the established companies making business software have some no/low code solution. Then there are newer companies like Zapier who do automation and are trying to be a connector between these apps.