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tabtab on Oct 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't...

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 on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

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

tabtab on Oct 31, 2019 | [–]

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 on Nov 2, 2019 | | [–]

I think that is a very fair and accurate assessment.

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