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2021 – The Year to Harness the Power of Low-Code
If you’re like me, you’re happy to put 2020 in your rearview mirror. Nevertheless, 2020 didn’t slow the LANSA team as we pushed the envelope in several new exciting directions. I’ll save that for a little later. In retrospect, those of us who are entrenched in the...

Visual LANSA V15+: Progressive Web Apps Go Low-Code
The latest edition of Visual LANSA, V15+ (plus), introduces the ability to easily create progressive web apps (PWAs). Now, developing PWAs is as easy as developing any app in Visual LANSA. There is no need to worry about creating a service worker or an app manifest,...

Hybrid Low-Code: Overcoming the Limitations of Traditional Low-Code
LANSA has long known that developing enterprise apps can be complicated and complex. While the allure of low-code has always been to easily develop apps with minimal coding, it was never truly able to create complex enterprise apps without some traditional coding...
Ready to Start Developing the Hottest Apps of 2021 Right Now?
LANSA’s elves have been busy in their developer workshop, and they are close to finishing the latest version of Visual LANSA. With some final tweaks and touch-ups, Visual LANSA v15+ will be ready to drop. Are you ready to get your hands on the hottest holiday software...
Progressive Web Apps: One App for All Devices
Progressive web applications (PWA) have the potential to revolutionize the way businesses approach app development. With the ability to offer a universal experience across all devices with just a single app, PWAs offer scalability, reliability, and flexibility right...
LANSA: We’re Just Getting Started
Business is anything but usual, and many of us have had to make adjustments as we continue to adapt to our new environment. I hope this message finds you and your family well as we all navigate through the changes. LANSA customers reside in more than 70 countries and...
Let’s Get Virtual: LANSA Low-Code Days Coming in October!
We are less than a month away from LANSA’s first big virtual event, Low-Code Days—a full day of live sessions focusing on various aspects of low-code, modernization, and app development. We will have a session on October 7th for North America and on October 14th for...
Portalize: The Low-Code Portal Builder with Multilingual Functionality
The Visual LANSA low-code platform has always been capable of multilingual development. Developers around the globe are creating Visual LANSA applications in a variety of languages. So what makes the multilingual upgrade to Portalize so special? Let’s take a look....
We Made Evaluating Visual LANSA Easier Than Ever
We understand the time and resources needed to thoroughly evaluate new development tools. Often, the products selected can make or break a project. Overwhelming success or catastrophic failure hang in the balance of one important decision. That’s why LANSA now has the...
IBM i: The Lean, Mean Business Machine
I recently read an article on LinkedIn, “6 Elegant IBM i Features That Keep It Advanced,” and it highlighted some of the best features of the IBM i that often go unnoticed. Upon finishing the article, I reflected upon an IBM i seminar I was fortunate to attend. The...
Future Proofing Application Modernization with Low-Code
Oftentimes when we are tasked with choosing the right platform to transition our software and services from point A to point B, our goal is to examine ease of use, scalability of solutions created, ownership of code, and stability. We find a solution that fits our...
Portalize™: Build Secure Portals Fast – The first low-code portal solution built for hundreds of use cases
LANSA is excited to announce Portalize, a revolutionary product combining the world’s most powerful low-code platform, Visual LANSA, with the growing demand for customized application portals. Portalize is a fully functional, full-feature portal that can be customized...