That's what tools like Visual Basic and Delphi were meant to do, and actually were pretty good at for their time. As far as I can tell, we still haven't nearly

That's what tools like Visual Basic and Delphi were meant to do, and actually were pretty good at for their time. As far as I can tell, we still haven't nearly caught up to the browser/cloud equivalent of these tools. Things need to sit still for a while longer I guess, but I think there's also some industry changes to blame. In the 90s there was big money in making tools and components for software engineers, while nowadays everyone just uses the best free thing they can find. Granted the free things are way better than they were in the 90s, but I think they're largely killing the market for better things that cost money.