Yeah I like the idea of visual programming but it's not gonna replace everyday dev work in my opinion.
I would like to see more apps for tablets that introduce visual programming into everyday workflows. If you haven't seen the work of Ink & Switch check out these essays on end user programming [0] and an app for basically working on ideas [1], combine these and you get a fluid interface with an easy way of doing some computation (the visual programming bit) which is something I would love to use.
But visual programming gets messy if you attempt to do something complex and I don't know if there is any way around this. This then is where there needs to be programs with strong types that can compose with each other, like the example explained in this post [2].
These concepts are all things which anyone using a computer could use, not something just resticted to people who are already "developers", and I think we have to get into that mindset for this type of software to become more successful.
I would like to see more apps for tablets that introduce visual programming into everyday workflows. If you haven't seen the work of Ink & Switch check out these essays on end user programming [0] and an app for basically working on ideas [1], combine these and you get a fluid interface with an easy way of doing some computation (the visual programming bit) which is something I would love to use.
But visual programming gets messy if you attempt to do something complex and I don't know if there is any way around this. This then is where there needs to be programs with strong types that can compose with each other, like the example explained in this post [2].
These concepts are all things which anyone using a computer could use, not something just resticted to people who are already "developers", and I think we have to get into that mindset for this type of software to become more successful.
[0] https://www.inkandswitch.com/end-user-programming.html
[1] https://www.inkandswitch.com/muse-studio-for-ideas.html
[2] https://pchiusano.github.io/2013-09-10/type-systems-and-ux-e...