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Because it is a crock of shite, that's why. Ask anyone who ever used an actual (general-purpose) "visual programming system" for any (nontrivial) real life task
by _0ffh 15y ago
Because it is a crock of shite, that's why.
Ask anyone who ever used an actual (general-purpose) "visual programming system" for any (nontrivial) real life task. I have extensive experience in one, and a little in another, and both suck balls.
The problem is that, while the diagrams you are constructing might look fancy and intuitive to a layperson (i.e. your pointy haired boss), they do usually not help you to structure the complexity of the task at hand in any meaningful way. Usually, they make everything worse.
Having said that, there is a rather big exception: Domain specific visual programming systems, if they are well designed and the problem domain lends itself to it, can be quite useful.
- actionbrandon 15y agoI think this is part of it. The people who would have to write/design the visual programming system think that it is for losers and are thus not interested in working on it. Most hardcore coders I have met are quite proud of their chops and kind of brush off those who can't cut it (which is fine imo).