Microsoft Power Fx – A low-code general purpose programming language
We recently tried to build a relatively simple PowerApps application - under the assumption it would save time over pumping out a React boilerplate form.  Never again.<p>We wanted it to be able to integrate with our backend which lives outside the MS ecosystem.  No problem we thought - that's what custom connectors are for.  Except they don't work with any of the automated form generation functionality.  So we pretty much have to build the form entirely manually.<p>Low code becomes high code all of a sudden - except it's worse than just coding and learning a new framework.  You can't just input your code anywhere you want, or import your dependencies, etc... You have to hunt around in a zillion different (laggy as all hell) interfaces to find the right location where that code can live.  Or maybe it's not code - but a toggle somewhere... OMG... kill me.<p>Good luck if you are trying to learn the lower level aspects... since all the tutorials, blogs, youtube videos - all assume that your data all lives in Sharepoint or some other MS resource - and that your connector actually works as advertised.<p>If you can code - and your stack doesn't already entirely consist of the MS ecosystem.  Just roll your own.