The reason why I love GUI builders is because they allow me to focus on the design part and not on the code. My personal philosophy is that designing a GUI shou

The reason why I love GUI builders is because they allow me to focus on the design part and not on the code. My personal philosophy is that designing a GUI should only be done in a wysiwyg interface. If you create a GUI using code alone, there is a certain disconnection with the design which can lead to poor interfaces especially if you are on a tight deadline and is trying to keep the UI as simple as possible. My belief is that code should be strictly used for business logic only and everything else should be left to the compiler and IDE. Many fail to understand my preference for using VB for scripting purposes instead of a "nicer" language such as Python or Ruby. To me the GUI builder is one of the most important tools, many developers fail to understand that most end-users would rather click on a menu than type in the commandline even though sometimes it may be faster. What we should be doing now is making more powerful IDEs so that the GUI builder abstractions are less leaky.