When you've spent more time programming the feeling reverses, and visual structures become tedious. Because you know exactly what you want, and finding it in a

When you've spent more time programming the feeling reverses, and visual structures become tedious. Because you know exactly what you want, and finding it in a visual environment becomes tedious. It's like smileys. In the beginning it may be nice to have a pop-up "insert smiley" list, but in the end it's easier just to type >:-O or whatever you're trying to convey than find it in a list. Admittedly the more verbose programming languages do end up being fairly IDE-dependent, so they get a lot closer to the visual programming you talk about. See also: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/unix-koans/gui-programmer.html http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/unix-koans/gui-programmer.h... DISCLAIMER: I haven't used AppInventor