[tabtab]

Re: Why is it that experienced programmers can't efficiently solve a problem that a business user can handle in Access?

Because existing web UI standards suck rotting ass to hell and back. The standard was not meant for CRUD and still isn't even if you add gajillion layers of (buggy) JavaScript to emulate a real GUI.

We! Need! A! Real! GUI! Standard!

[james_s_tayler]

Just master rails -g and you can be done in an afternoon.

[tabtab]

I agree that if you tune it for shop conventions and know its warts well, one can indeed be productive in it. But getting to that point is not necessarily short or easy.

[james_s_tayler]

I think that is a very fair and accurate assessment.