Front-end web development platform startup Netlify Inc. said today it has acquired a rival company called Gatsby Inc., the creator of the open-source GatsbyJS framework, for an undisclosed fee.

So, it’s clear that there is growing demand to bring the benefits of open source technologies to the low-code development realm. Budibase’s open source credentials are only part of its appeal.

Open-source refers to the practice of making source code freely available to the public, allowing anyone to view, modify and distribute the code. In computer science and software development, open ...

Conversely, VS Code is a lightweight, open-source code editor. While a programmer can develop an app from start to finish within VS Code, it offers fewer features than a full development environment.