The end of programming - Again
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Originally Posted by
surfersteve
bigev, i have seen a model inside a research group that has what you could call an "application browser that renders an application in very few instructions compared to traditional programming". Its designed to deliver business applications to private individuals and small SME's and also accountants. Do you dont have to be a programmer to make changes to it. It also demo'd generating other platform code in the background. So it ran as a program and also as a generator.
When you have been around as long as I have - you get used to this sort of claim, smile to yourself and on occasions even laugh out loud.
Whether it be called configuration or programming or 'graphically arranging functional blocks for the desired outcome' there are a few basic requirements the user needs:
To reasonably fully understand the requirements to be met;
To understand how the tool is used to implement those requirements;
To know the limitations of the tool;
Maybe even to be able test the solution.
Lots of people can not do this, do not have the time to do this or do not have the confidence to do this.
Best Wishes
Paper Tiger