I totally agree with you. Most of these tools seems really neat and have seductive examples. Then when you use it for a project you end up needing some kind of

I totally agree with you. Most of these tools seems really neat and have seductive examples. Then when you use it for a project you end up needing some kind of customization which they do not accommodate. I've saved countless hours by doing as you suggested - only using the tools that have matured, where all standard questions are already answered on stackoverflow and common corner cases are covered. So when I see Google App Maker, my response is "cool, this might be something I can use in a year or two, let's see."