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Today's equivalent would be an IDE that you hit "new project" and type a few lines and draw a few boxes and you've got something up and running in the cloud. Th
by svachalek 4y ago
Today's equivalent would be an IDE that you hit "new project" and type a few lines and draw a few boxes and you've got something up and running in the cloud. There's nothing like it as far as I know; there's an entire generation or more who have never seen programming work like that, and don't even envision it, it seems. Bold ambitions these days usually amount to a clone of a popular thing, with some kind of tweak that's interesting but not nearly interesting enough to get people to move.
- jeffdn 4y agoReTool is sorta this — I imagine that’s why they published this article!
- analognoise 4y agoFreePascal/Lazarus is like that, it's actively maintained and totally free. They're even adding iOS, Android and web targets. Give it a try!
- st00 4y agoWould Glitch be a modern equivalent? https://glitch.com/ https://glitch.com/
- anildash 4y agoWe definitely took inspiration from Visual Basic, and Alan Cooper has been an advisor and influence from the start for us.