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All this posts miss the best low code environments of all time: Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro. Unfortunately these two never made it to Internet era in bi

All this posts miss the best low code environments of all time: Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro. Unfortunately these two never made it to Internet era in big time and we have greatly come down from 90s RAD movement.

andrewstuart 5y ago
Lotus Notes was the greatest no-code environment of all. Far, far ahead of its time.
- dagw 5y ago
  My first 'programming' job (around 1996-97) was doing Lotus Notes and Domino development. It's sad that Notes is mostly remembered as a really shitty email client[0] these days. The place I worked at had built it's entire workflow and document handling system in Notes/Domino, including an easy to use web client for the users using *nix workstations. It was in incredibly productive and easy to use environment that in many ways I've yet to see an equal to. [0] ironically, the one thing we didn't use Notes for was email.
nielsbot 5y ago
I actually use FMP for a database at my wife's work. FMP is still shipping updates and new versions. Surprisingly you can pay to have your DB hosted on AWS. That said, it's very expensive.
- miohtama 5y ago
  Are there any FMP like low code products that would also allow user sign up/sign in? I believe the problem with Access/FMP were that they were single user or trusted user setups.
  - nielsbot 5y ago
    FMP supports multi-user setups. You can even use external auth servers including Google login now. I don't know if you can create a "new user" flow in your app, but you can add/register users and assign them to permissions groups from the FMP admin dialog.
brabel 5y ago
I got into real software development by writing a inventory management tool using MS Access back in the day. It worked great! The application even looked almost like a normal Windows app. I wrote all of it by myself without knowing much coding (though I did write lots of VBA).
ksec 5y ago
Access, Visual FoxPro, Lotus Domino, and I am surprised no body mentioned FileMaker. I still think Low-Code is a problem worth solving and it should start with spreadsheet like structure. I am wondering if there are any Low-Code / No-Code solution for Web CRUD Apps? Something like Yahoo! Pipes...

andrewstuart 5y ago

Lotus Notes was the greatest no-code environment of all. Far, far ahead of its time.

dagw 5y ago
My first 'programming' job (around 1996-97) was doing Lotus Notes and Domino development. It's sad that Notes is mostly remembered as a really shitty email client[0] these days. The place I worked at had built it's entire workflow and document handling system in Notes/Domino, including an easy to use web client for the users using *nix workstations. It was in incredibly productive and easy to use environment that in many ways I've yet to see an equal to. [0] ironically, the one thing we didn't use Notes for was email.

nielsbot 5y ago

I actually use FMP for a database at my wife's work. FMP is still shipping updates and new versions. Surprisingly you can pay to have your DB hosted on AWS. That said, it's very expensive.

miohtama 5y ago
Are there any FMP like low code products that would also allow user sign up/sign in? I believe the problem with Access/FMP were that they were single user or trusted user setups.
- nielsbot 5y ago
  FMP supports multi-user setups. You can even use external auth servers including Google login now. I don't know if you can create a "new user" flow in your app, but you can add/register users and assign them to permissions groups from the FMP admin dialog.

brabel 5y ago

I got into real software development by writing a inventory management tool using MS Access back in the day. It worked great! The application even looked almost like a normal Windows app. I wrote all of it by myself without knowing much coding (though I did write lots of VBA).

ksec 5y ago

Access, Visual FoxPro, Lotus Domino, and I am surprised no body mentioned FileMaker. I still think Low-Code is a problem worth solving and it should start with spreadsheet like structure. I am wondering if there are any Low-Code / No-Code solution for Web CRUD Apps? Something like Yahoo! Pipes...