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February 14, 2019
Have you ever tried building an online form from scratch?
Teams often require tools where they input data to automate the processing and monitoring of valuable information. While managers and business professionals have a clear vision of what the web form should look like, they often lack the technical skills to code and deploy applications. As a result, the project lands on the plate of an understaffed IT department, where it stays further down the pipeline.
Now, imagine if you built the web form yourself and IT focused on more technical and business-critical projects. Well, imagine no more.
Watch our ultimate video guide now to learn how you can create online forms for your business without coding.
Web forms, or online forms, allow users to enter information that is then sent to a database for processing.
If you’ve experienced entering your name and credit card details to purchase something online, then you’ve already used a type of web form: the order form. An online survey is another great example.
Essentially, if the form takes in information and sends that information to a database over the internet, it’s a web form.
Online form builders enable business managers and IT professionals to create web forms with minimal or no coding.
They offer a faster and more affordable alternative to traditional software development.
The Caspio Application Platform, for example, enables users to build feature-rich forms using simple setup wizards and a point-and-click interface.
When creating your web forms, you either code from scratch or use online form builders. Here’s why the latter is the better option:
While IT departments certainly have the technical skills to build your web forms, they are not directly plugged into the day-to-day operations of various teams across the company. They need to meet with you, discuss your requirements and learn your workflows. They need to be an expert in your business before they can start the project. Isn’t it better for you to build it on your own using an online form builder that is compliant with IT’s requirements?
A study by global services firm PwC found that 28 percent of Agile methodology projects are more successful than traditional ones. Agile focuses on the creation of a minimum viable product (MVP), which can then be improved with every iteration.
Using an online form creator enables IT and business professionals to create an MVP fast—allowing teams to improve processes and businesses to outpace their competitors with new products or better services.
Traditional development requires code upkeep to ensure the software remains secure and compatible with advancements (browser versions, system updates, etc.) By using an online form creator like Caspio, you’ll no longer have to worry about updating your code. The burden of maintenance is transferred to the platform provider, not the users or IT.
Some projects are so critical to the whole organization that they need the full attention of IT. By using a web form builder instead of relying on IT to code an app for you, you’ll lessen the workload worries of the IT team and allow them to focus on projects that require their technical expertise.
An online form creator should not be a mere digital version of your paper forms.
It needs to incorporate computer logic and automation to help you better manage your current workflows. Here are a few notable features of a powerful web form builder:
By using an online form builder like Caspio, you can create web forms for various areas and workflows of your organization, both internally and externally. Here are some popular forms you can start building today:
Here are other web forms you can build using Caspio’s online form builder with database:
Watch our Ultimate Video Guide: How to Build Web Forms Without Coding to learn how you can start creating feature-rich online forms today without writing a single line of code.
This comprehensive, step-by-step video series walks you through using Caspio to create survey forms, which are among the most basic or the most complex web forms you can build. It also has dedicated videos for multi-step and relational forms, so you can make your forms “talk” to each other.
You’ll also learn how to build payment forms, so you can accept payments online.
Finally, for developers with experience in HTML, there’s a video that shows how you can create a custom form that uses HTML and CSS.
For business professionals, Caspio represents the power to build web based databases and applications that meet their specific workflow needs. It also means getting the specific web forms they need while complying with the IT department’s strict security and scalability requirements.
Ranked a “Leader” in Low-Code Platforms by Forrester, Caspio provides you with all the tools you’ll need to build, customize and deploy your web form applications.
Caspio’s low-code application platform features an intuitive point-and-click interface along with a handful of easy-to-use wizards that guide you through your development process.
Watch our ultimate video guide today and get started building your online forms through Caspio.
Or, you can also sign up for our easy database creator, which lets you build custom business apps for free and with no trial period to worry about.