Visual Programming: Lipstick on a Pig or a Real Silver Bullet?

Posted October 31, 1996 | |

Visual Programming: Lipstick on a Pig or a Real Silver Bullet?

by Ed Yourdon

Five years ago, the concept of a visual programming language was radical and exciting; today, it's likely to elicit loud yawns from most developers.

About The Author
Ed Yourdon
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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