People still use VB and Filemaker to make applications along with very complex Excel spreadsheets. It’s way more common than the general sentiment here implies.

People still use VB and Filemaker to make applications along with very complex Excel spreadsheets. It’s way more common than the general sentiment here implies. In fact, I get handed stuff made with tools like these somewhat regularly in order to develop a web app. At some point they become unwieldy and limiting. I think it’s wonderful that anyone with some technical curiosity can make useful applications with these. Of course they have a lot of limitations. But that’s fine. They can call a software developer when they actually need one.