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i have never seen this programming environment. its a fascinating concept which resembles the Scratch project out of MIT. modern scripting languages make iter
by pplante 13y ago
i have never seen this programming environment. its a fascinating concept which resembles the Scratch project out of MIT.
modern scripting languages make iterating software much simpler. however, there are times when i feel having a drag and drop gui such as this to assemble complex operations would be really helpful. i know of modeling tools such as UML are used in the planning phase. but wouldn't it make sense to have a high level overview of your software? is there anything like this for python, javascript, or ruby?
- christoph 13y agoWhile completely commercial, Ventuz is a worthy note in software that somewhat follows this concept - https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4007/4418935939_6b3471b34b_o.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4007/4418935939_6b3471b34b_o.... For a much longer list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming_language
- rdtsc 13y agoI also believe Python is one of the target languages for DRAKON.
- mapt 13y agoDrag and drop interfaces can be a beautiful thing, but they're most effective when in a split-screen environment with the flowchart on one side and the code it compiles into previewed on the other side. The script being visible as the diagrammatic design changes lets the coder see what's going on behind the scenes, and lets him understand the structure so that he can tweak it in the next stage to do the many things that the GUI designer didn't anticipate.