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Re:Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platform by ilaksh on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:34PM (#18171521)
Most model editors for CRUD aren't boxes and lines, since as you say moving around and connecting boxes isn't generally useful. So I'm not sure why you were starting with that UI.

To me, projectional editing is the most sensible type of programming. Unfortunately projectional editors have not had as warm a reception on HN, because programming is narrowly defined by complex text editing. Anything with a UI and programmers are afraid they will be accused of being users. It's dumb, and most won't realize it or admit it, but that's what it comes down to.

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Re:Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platform by rvanderarend on Thursday October 11, 2018 @03:24PM (#18196298)
The boxes-and-lines is a very common way of visualizing tables and relations or types and subtypes and/or components. Also in most other so called low-code platforms. That is why it was under consideration: familiarity. I agree it is not very useful though.

Projectional editors can of course show the model as text and in other formats as well, like boxes-and-lines. You wouldn't be able to permanently place them in any specific spot then, so moving them around would at most be supported during a viewing session.

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