I think visual programming in a way that it would really be helpful is close to impossible. To achieve a good, working, prototype for visual programming means t

I think visual programming in a way that it would really be helpful is close to impossible. To achieve a good, working, prototype for visual programming means to be on a sort of "Happy Path" and use some conventions ( more or less strict). At that point, you are no longer and engineer / developer / hacker / coder ( or what ever you prefer being called ) you slowly transform into "Just the guy who knows you to configure that specific program / platform". Look at ERP solution that are offered nowadays, you get a gigantic package that needs to be configured by a person ( who will either check some boxes, add some params , enable some features visually / write a goulish xml / yml document that configures that system). So yes, although visual programming seems very appealing it still has a lot to go... * Disclaimer I`m preping for a PHD, my thesis subject is "user self generated application", so yes, I did some research, poked a lot in this field, and can say I know a bit about visually creating stuff from checkboxes, textboxes and buttons... it's a lot more complex than it seems and if you want to go all in and allow fine grained control from visual to final generated stuff, in the end you will overly complicate things ( remember the microwave with over it 30 buttons, with 28 buttons that nobody actually used ). Have a nice day :)