Can't agree enough. As someone who currently tries to take his first steps in serious web frameworks like rails, but has much more experience in Max/MSP/Jitter

Can't agree enough. As someone who currently tries to take his first steps in serious web frameworks like rails, but has much more experience in Max/MSP/Jitter and FileMaker, I keep wondering why there isn't a more visual approach to traditional programming. I realize this isn't an easy problem to deal with but certainly there has to be a way to take the advantages of creative development environments like Max to traditional programming - e.g. a GUI for ruby. Focusing on the big picture and larger concepts of programming instead of getting lost in syntax would be very welcome for beginners like me.