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It seems like a bit of a mistake to look at this like a programming language instead of, say, an information organization tool like Trello. You don't have an I
by rtpg 6y ago
It seems like a bit of a mistake to look at this like a programming language instead of, say, an information organization tool like Trello.
You don't have an IDE for designing process around Trello, you talk to people and figure stuff out that works (so long as it works well enough). I think these kinds of tools fit well in places where process are the big blockers, instead of the technical details (though of course technical details can crawl back up and bite you).
(Though I do think what you're saying seems to apply more to Retool relative to more straightforward low-code platforms like Anvil)
- valenterry 6y agoIf it is not a programming language, you cannot do everything you can possibly think of and you would be restricted. But people _want_ to do what they have in mind, so they will work around the tool in some way. Either by employing a mechanism to still make the tool do what they want (e.g. macros in Excel) or by using another tool that fills the gap. In case 1 you now have the worst of both worlds and in case 2 you now have X tools with all the problems that a zoo of tools brings. If, on the other hand, you _can_ describe every business rule that you can think of in that tool, then it _is_ a programming language. There is no requirement for a programming language to use text. See scratch lang for example.