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This was really interesting. I am surprised arguably the best modern example of this didn't get mentioned. Excel. Now I'm curious how easy it is to get at the
by runevault 4y ago
This was really interesting. I am surprised arguably the best modern example of this didn't get mentioned. Excel.
Now I'm curious how easy it is to get at the python bits of Blender during a session instead of having to pre-build addins to handle your needs since I know about its scripting layer.
- greenyoda 4y agoThat surprised me too. Any serious user of Excel has typed in a text-based formula. More proficient users can drop down into VBA and write code that interacts with the spreadsheet using a DOM-like object model - which seems to exactly match the definition of "programming portal" described in the article. And this VBA code doesn't just have to be a simple macro to save a few keystrokes - it can be a full-blown GUI application that connects to a database or controls another program.