Getting started with low-code application development

Start building your applications in a user-friendly and seamless way by implementing low-code digital solutions. Save time when you create your applications by using templates, develop various aspects of your application by engaging collaborators with different skills and roles, and increase work efficiency by configuring your application for reuse. To meet your unique needs, use of the authoring portals that Pega Platform supports.

Pega Platform offers multiple tools that you can use based on your experience, role, and level of expertise. You can use the following authoring portals to develop your applications:

App Studio

Select this portal if you are a citizen developer, a front-end developer, a business analyst, or a data engineer. App Studio holds a great variety of low-code, time-saving solutions for you to implement during your application development. With a real-time UI design, any person that is involved in a business process can contribute to application planning and development. App Studio supports the Pega Express methodology that is a goal-oriented and user-friendly approach to designing business processes. The Pega Express methodology uses visual tools to bring technology and business closer together towards reaching a shared goal.

For more information, see App Studio overview and Creating a Microjourney for customer success.

Dev Studio

Select this portal if you are an experienced application developer, a security administrator, or an account administrator. Dev Studio offers tools for advanced application configurations, such as versioning, rules management, or branched development.

For more information, see Dev Studio overview.

Admin Studio

Select this portal if you are a system administrator. In Admin Studio, you can monitor and manage your system resources, such as nodes or background processes.

For more information, see Admin Studio overview.

App Studio

Select this portal if you are a citizen developer, a front-end developer, a business analyst, or a data engineer. App Studio holds a great variety of low-code, time-saving solutions for you to implement during your application development. With a real-time UI design, any person that is involved in a business process can contribute to application planning and development. App Studio supports the Pega Express methodology that is a goal-oriented and user-friendly approach to designing business processes. The Pega Express methodology uses visual tools to bring technology and business closer together towards reaching a shared goal.

For more information, see App Studio overview and Creating a Microjourney for customer success.

Dev Studio

Select this portal if you are an experienced application developer, a security administrator, or an account administrator. Dev Studio offers tools for advanced application configurations, such as versioning, rules management, or branched development.

For more information, see Dev Studio overview.

Admin Studio

Select this portal if you are a system administrator. In Admin Studio, you can monitor and manage your system resources, such as nodes or background processes.

For more information, see Admin Studio overview.