What is the benefit of implementing a modular approach in OutSystems applications?

Implementing a modular approach in OutSystems applications fundamentally enhances reusability and maintainability. By designing applications in a modular way, developers can create independent components that can be reused across different applications or within various parts of the same application.

This modular design allows teams to update, replace, or fix specific parts of the application without affecting the entire system, which significantly reduces the time required for maintenance and updates. It also encourages cleaner code organization, making it easier for multiple developers to work on different components simultaneously.

Moreover, when components are reusable, it lowers the effort required to develop new applications or features, since established modules can be integrated quickly instead of starting from scratch each time. This leads to faster development cycles and more consistent implementation of features across applications.

The other choices do not correctly represent the benefits of a modular approach; for instance, reducing functionality contradicts the very premise of modularity, while simplifying user data collection or limiting access to external APIs do not directly relate to the advantages provided by a modular framework.