VB6 and (especially) Delphi continue to have many fans. Sadly, there is little effort seemingly being expended in simplifying programming for normal people, so

VB6 and (especially) Delphi continue to have many fans. Sadly, there is little effort seemingly being expended in simplifying programming for normal people, so a lot of modern visual environments just haven't taken off, which further reduces incentives for investment in the field, and leads to them being (correctly) perceived as crippled and unsound. Also high-mean IQ dev outfits are likely to produce tools for people like themselves. "Cognitive empathy" is not going to be a strong point for the framework creators at Google or Facebook. Microsoft seems to have quietly abandoned Lightswitch, which was their last high-profile attempt in this space. Finally market forces mean that working developers have no incentive to adopt simpler technologies, so there is no pressure on vendors to simplify things either.