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> The author is not talking about "professional programming" but about a field called "end-user programming" or more generally "end-user development" I do thin
by lawl 6y ago
> The author is not talking about "professional programming" but about a field called "end-user programming" or more generally "end-user development"
I do think VisualBasic(6) had a thing there. It was so easy to visually design a GUI and slap some code into it.
That said, as a "professional programmer" I once had to maintain such a VB6 application that was developed by someone that wasn't a professional programmer and that application was absolutely business critical for that company.
It wasn't fun to put it mildly. So my take on this is that it probably died for a reason.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoThat's not a problem unique to VB6, there is a lot of crap code out there. Also I've seen some strong programmers being very productive with tools like VB6 and Delphi. I suspect the main reason for its demise is corporates don't like installing software on client machines. It's much easier for them to deliver everything through the browser.
- marcosdumay 6y ago> So my take on this is that it probably died for a reason. Yes, Microsoft killed it. Up to the point when Microsoft killed it, it did nothing but grow. And for years after Microsoft killed it, it did nothing but grow. Microsoft killed it because it was a mess on every level, and they didn't like the part they were the ones maintaining. But lack of demand certainly wasn't a factor there in any way.