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I'd say your comment is not constructive: you're asking me to name all the solutions, otherwise my observation has no merit? I'll expand a little. Let's take a
by randomsearch 8y ago
I'd say your comment is not constructive: you're asking me to name all the solutions, otherwise my observation has no merit?
I'll expand a little. Let's take a single example: developing a single page web application.
To know how to do that, I need to learn HTML, CSS, JS Frameworks, web pack or whatever. Linters, preprocessors, package management ....
Contrast that to building flash app where a designer could use a GUI to produce a beautiful interactive app in no time at all.
Yep, we all hated Flash, but in terms of accessibility to creators, it was beautiful compared to the mess we've made.
A little off-topic but good for perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4
- randomsearch 8y agoAlso, pretty much anything Bret Victor has done. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4&t=11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4&t=11s
- lkschubert8 8y agoAren't you then asking for a WYSIWYG editor or a CMS that includes something like that? Many of those exist and are suitable for a lot of web development. You step into the lower level for customization that is difficult or just flat out not implemented in the higher level tooling.