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Is Excel 'code'? If you answered 'No' considering cell formula expressions like cell references and arithmetic, does your answer change if you use functions?
by wyldfire 5y ago
Is Excel 'code'? If you answered 'No' considering cell formula expressions like cell references and arithmetic, does your answer change if you use functions? Flow control?
Automata are automata. But, ok, sure, I get it. That's too abstract for the intended consumer. So what we are selling as 'no-code' is something that can allow you to preserve your identity as not-a-coder. Hmm. Scratch seems to be the language that strikes me as something you could sell as 'not code'.
I've thought lately that 'Everyone Should Code' concepts didn't make sense. But maybe it does make sense -- if everyone uses computers to get their work done anyways, the "Here is how you can leverage your interaction with the computer to get your work done better/faster."
- dmix 5y agoI’d call Excel a database with a simple interface and relatively thin layer of optional coding that can be combined into very complex combinations that mimic programs. But a lot of programming is via building your own interfaces and input methods, whereas Excel is better for the computation (found in ‘backends’) and data science-y parts. Data science type tools often only have the small group of people doing the complex computations themselves as users. The final output in graphs and reports is what is consumed by non-experts and is again where Excel crosses paths with programming again, in a much easier and plug-and-play form than making your own charts/graphs (which in my experience is quite a challenging exercise code wise but again with way more freedom). I’d imagine a spreadsheet with a form builder interface is the fundamental implementation of what Bubble is trying to do.