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Fabrik - A Visual Programming Environment From Apple (1988)
- Tycho 16y agoi wonder if any of those authors/engineers were involved with Automator
- Groxx 16y agoInteresting. Reminds me that I should look at Quartz more closely some time...
- jawngee 16y agoQuartz composer? Quartz composer is freaking awesome. I do a lot of video stuff as a hobby and always start out in QC before I move it to pure cocoa. If you ever get really bored, try hooking up TouchOSC with QC using the OSC patches.
- Groxx 16y agoYep, that's the one. I've only ever effectively glanced at it, but what I've seen I'm extremely impressed with. It's much more complete and functional than any other component-based programming environment I've ever seen. Any suggestions on how / where to start, or any links you'd recommend? I see very little about QC online, so I'd be starting at square 1.
- rbanffy 16y agoNice reminder of how ahead of its time was Smalltalk and the stuff built on it. So much of what came after it seems so... primitive in comparison. For those of you who are reading this and think Eclipse+Java and Visual Studio+C# are the most sophisticated development environments, grab a copy of Squeak by Example, download a copy of Squeak and play a little. It will be enlightening.
- Xurinos 16y agoBefore Fabrik was LabView (I see it referenced at the bottom), and that engine is underneath the Lego Mindstorms robot stuff. It is used in several industries today and continues to evolve. I am unaware of other modern graphical programming environments with quite the features and flexibility. ni.com/labview Sorta Disclaimer: I do not have anything to do with NI, but I did play with some toys that used this language and thought it was a cool approach to programming.
- panic 16y agoI'd love to see a Fabrik-like environment for the iPad.