Nah, rapid application development for the most part is a pipe dream. It works for contrived school examples and default CRUD interfaces but as soon as you need

Nah, rapid application development for the most part is a pipe dream. It works for contrived school examples and default CRUD interfaces but as soon as you need custom logic or user interface behaviour it breaks down pretty rapidly. However, rapid application development isn't the main benefit of these approaches. Their main point is getting a better understanding of the business domain you're operating in.