Re:Ask HN: Is the future of software development going to a ...
by zzzcpan on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:25PM
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Any sufficiently flexible tool for development is pretty much indistinguishable from a programming language. No-code programming is still programming.
Re:Ask HN: Is the future of software development going to a ...
by joaodmj on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:38PM
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Interesting point. I have to agree 100%. No matter how you create an application it will always have to have code. Even if for the user it may seem a "no-code" app.
Re:Ask HN: Is the future of software development going to a ...
by joaodmj on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:31PM
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I agree with you "waste" is a strong word when talking about learning new concepts.
On the FE side I stated it is a fact because of the revenue numbers of Wix and Squarespace (both around $500 Million / year). These numbers establish that they are solving a problem, i.e. non-technical people creating and managing their own applications. I can see my kids creating their apps and sites on a visual base...
Re:Ask HN: Is the future of software development going to a ...
by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:57PM
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"They're solving a problem (for some people)" != "they will replace FE development for (almost) all people", though.
What about "wasting" 4 years of high school and "wasting" a few years of college? Why should someone with an idea be hampered by wasting this time? One year is nothing, and even if it were a long time, it's not a "waste" -- you come out of it with a skill that is needed today, ie if you want to be part of the technical side of the company you wish to found.
Secondly, a mere one year of study is not going to result in a skilled practitioner. You will be able to make prototypes.
Digging a little deeper:
> *It's a fact"
No, it isn't. FE development is still not a "mature" space and Wix and the like only offer rather trivial customizations to a well-defined and constrained environment. What you describe as FE development is really content creation and styling, not "development".
Now that I've poo-poo'd the thought, in counterpoint do you know about kintone and the like? There's an entire ecosystem of no-code app development systems out there already. Some of them probably qualify as "mature".