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Low-code development tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform are more than a way for users to build the apps they need when they need them. They’re a way to rapidly building code that’s needed urgently.

Apple is making it easier than ever for beginners to get started with app development. Thanks to the company’s Xcode 8 development environment, Swift programming language and tools like Metal, now is ...