Comment by robertlagrant
2 years ago
> Still, haven't found anything as powerful as VB6's RAD
We could easily do this now if companies would accept standard UI component styles instead of everyone inventing their own.
2 years ago
> Still, haven't found anything as powerful as VB6's RAD
We could easily do this now if companies would accept standard UI component styles instead of everyone inventing their own.
Layout has nothing to do with styling. The placement of a button has nothing to do whether it's a native one or it's green.
Even on the web, the set of controls we use are mostly the same we did in the 90s, except everyone styles them differently.
And everyone reinvents their own way to lay them out, and handle the dynamic consequences. It may or may not be a consequence of the web stack inherently tying together layout and styling; nevertheless the layout part was in the past done easier and better with visual tools.
I used WinForms for many years before going to the web when they slashed old dotnet. Flex and grid are better than the visual designers. Next.js pages router, React, Styled Components and devserver like Vite or Rsbuild is the best dev experience I have yet encountered. Fast Refresh / Hot Module Replacement is an incredible feature.
I didn't say otherwise.