Re:Why Codeless Software Is Doomed to Fail
by lioeters on Thursday May 30, 2019 @01:58PM
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On spaghettification (great word, it's like a constant fight against entropy): I see a parallel between visual/codeless programming and domain-specific languages (esp. of "low code" category).
As the user/application reaches a certain level of advanced usage, visual/low-code representations tend to turn into a big ball of spaghetti. As you pointed out, the reason I think has much to do with how the user is not familiar with programming concepts and organizing logic.
On the other hand, I imagine it's possible to have a language/IDE that encourages good program organization naturally and intuitively, to guide and support managing complexity..
Well, this topic is deep and endlessly fascinating. Contrary to the originally posted article and its call of "doom", I'm more hopeful that the field of software development will continue to explore new and creative approaches.
As the user/application reaches a certain level of advanced usage, visual/low-code representations tend to turn into a big ball of spaghetti. As you pointed out, the reason I think has much to do with how the user is not familiar with programming concepts and organizing logic.
On the other hand, I imagine it's possible to have a language/IDE that encourages good program organization naturally and intuitively, to guide and support managing complexity..
Well, this topic is deep and endlessly fascinating. Contrary to the originally posted article and its call of "doom", I'm more hopeful that the field of software development will continue to explore new and creative approaches.