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I needed to make an API request to a cloud service provider but it supported only one provider and even then not the api auth (oauth2) I needed. I couldn't even
by badrabbit 6y ago
I needed to make an API request to a cloud service provider but it supported only one provider and even then not the api auth (oauth2) I needed. I couldn't even begin to try and figure out how to implement the api myself or patch in oauth2 support just with the visual lanaguage's facilities.
- bmitc 6y agoHow is that a limitation of the visual programming paradigm and not a library problem? And that doesn't have much to do with scaling to a large program or system.
- badrabbit 6y agoThe library isn't in a visual language. You can't do things with it if an interface/lib to do that thing hasn't been implemented by a non-visual language.
- bmitc 6y agoThat is again a limitation of the particular language you were using (which one?) and not a limitation of the paradigm. There's nothing there that's an inherent problem of visual programming languages, which is my point in asking. For example, in LabVIEW, you have TCP/IP, HTTP, UDP, CAN, serial, MODBUS, and more protocols and can build things out of them. If there's a missing protocol, then you can write your own, call a C/C++ DLL, .NET assembly, Python script, or a command line application, just like any other language (actually more than most languages).