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To an extent, UI was solved in 1991 by Visual Basic. Yes, complex state management is not the best in a purely event-based programming model. Yes, you didn’t ge
by Sharlin 7y ago
To an extent, UI was solved in 1991 by Visual Basic. Yes, complex state management is not the best in a purely event-based programming model. Yes, you didn’t get a powerful document layout engine seamlessly integrated to the UI. Yes, theming your components was more difficult. And so on. But… if the alternative is what we have now? I’m not sure.
- ptx 7y agoOne big disadvantage with Visual Basic (and similar visual form designers) is that you can't put the result in version control and diff or merge it in any meaningful way.