On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:30:46 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> I'll never find it now, but there was a Daily WTF article where someone
> asked for a product feature to be added and some manager said "my
> sources tell me it only involves adding 1 button", as if programming is
> only about putting buttons onto a screen or something. (!)

In fairness, there have been rapid-development tools to do this.  I used 
to use one called Visual AppBuilder (which then was renamed "Microbrew") 
that consisted of designing a UI in a UI designer, and then building 
program logic flows by building a flow diagram.  There was no actual 
coding that took place, and you could do some pretty involved things with 
it.  The functionality could be extended by a real developer as well, so 
you weren't limited to just the modules included in the box.

I may still have a copy of it around here somewhere.  It's a pity it 
never evolved past being a 16-bit Windows development tool (the Mac 
versions were more advanced).

Jim

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