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by ratdragon
2083 days ago
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There were a lot of tools/frameworks to create software "without coding". I believe the problem is some people are understanding the complexity in a wrong way. Coding isn't complex (and today it is much more true than it used to be) because of some natural complexity of coding itself. Rather it is because it strives to express complex ideas. And whichever language (visual, textual) is used to express complex ideas it has to be at least as complex as those ideas themselves. I personally found that having a formal language is often easier to express complex ideas compared to any visual tool I have seen. One place where these tools can shine would be probably trivial apps. Maybe that's the point... |
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I think one of the draws to these kinds of applications is that designers are trying to close the gap between themselves and developers.
I'm interested in this problem, but I'm taking a different approach, because I totally agree with you. The source of complexity is not the inherent complexity of coding itself - it's just the complexity of the problem.
So I'm currently trying to build a coding language for UI designers. The idea is that it would merely a textual interface to express design specifications, unlike other languages which are geared towards implementation. And it would use the same verbiage and mental models that designers are familiar with.