Disclosed is a no-code software development platform having at least one user-facing administrative interface for application development and at least one data-facing client interface, the at least one administrative interface adapted for assembling at least one interconnecting functional unit substantially pre-coded to perform selected tasks, the tasks at least one or more of instructed by the user and instructed by data received through the at least one data facing client interface. The at least one interconnecting functional unit has at least one or more of at least one pre-coded form application and at least one pre-coded card application designed to perform interconnected workflow functions and to provide the capability to form software applications. At least one plugin interface operationally couples with at least one client data source via the at least one data facing client interface. A declarative language software program operably couples the at least one interconnecting functional unit.