Contemporary programming approaches include working with no code/ low code platforms and the recently emerged vibe coding approach, which employs artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language to automatically generate code for software applications based on human instructions.
To provide insights into the use of low-code platforms and highlight the advantages and challenges of working with these platforms, Ms. Alena Schmickl (Senior Startup Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)) was invited by the Professorship for Legal Informatics, esp. Natural Language Processing to offer an online guest lecture in the course Software Development for Lawyers. The guest lecture was part of the practical lecture series in the LL.M. Legal Informatics program at the University of Passau.
In a workshop format, Ms. Schmickl first explained to the students the advantages of cloud computing solutions, before introducing the topic of low code platforms using practical software examples. The students had the opportunity to create their own generative AI application and configure and test it using different integrity protection mechanisms (guardrails). The students discussed their experiences with our guest speaker and shared them with the class.
We would like to thank Ms. Schmickl for her interesting workshop and for sharing her valuable insights with our students in the LL.M. Legal Informatics study program!