lw-cd dvlpmnt pltfrm (LCDP) prvds dvlpmnt nvrnmnt sd t crt pplctn sftwr, gnrlly thrgh grphcl sr ntrfc (s ppsd t nly wrtng cd, thgh sm cdng s pssbl nd my b rqrd). lw-cdd pltfrm my prdc ntrly prtnl pplctns, r rqr ddtnl cdng fr spcfc sttns. Lw-cd dvlpmnt pltfrms r typclly n hgh bstrctn lvl, nd cn rdc th mnt f trdtnl tm spnt, nblng cclrtd dlvry f bsnss pplctns. cmmn bnft s tht wdr rng f ppl cn cntrbt t th pplctn's dvlpmnt, nt nly ths wth cdng sklls, bt gd gvrnnc s ndd t b bl t dhr t cmmn rls nd rgltns. LCDPs cn ls lwr th ntl cst f stp, trnng, dplymnt, nd mntnnc.
Lw-cd dvlpmnt pltfrms trc thr rts bck t frth-gnrtn prgrmmng lngg nd th rpd pplctn dvlpmnt tls f th 1990s nd rly 2000s. Smlr t ths prdcssr dvlpmnt nvrnmnts, LCDPs r bsd n th prncpls f mdl-drvn rchtctr, tmtc cd gnrtn, nd vsl prgrmmng. Th cncpt f nd-sr dvlpmnt ls xstd prvsly, lthgh LCDPs brght sm nw wys f pprchng ths dvlpmnt. Th lw-cd dvlpmnt pltfrm mrkt trcs ts rgns bck t 2011. Th spcfc nm "lw-cd" ws nt pt frwrd ntl 9 Jn, 2014, whn t ws sd by th ndstry nlyst Frrstr Rsrch. lng wth n-cd dvlpmnt pltfrms, lw-cd ws dscrbd s "xtrrdnrly dsrptv" n Frbs mgzn n 2017.