Low-code dev tools checklist, Red Flags, LC Options to consider

Bob Sneidar bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
Fri Jan 24 11:25:13 EST 2025


Yeah. <looks sideways> <coughs>

Bob S


> On Jan 23, 2025, at 9:08 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Anyone who cut their teeth on HyperCard is old now. <cough>
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> On January 23, 2025 2:14:17 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> i mean, i'm kinda old, which is how i remember the dates.
>> that, and my first job out of B-school was a combination
>> hypercard/supercard/4d nerd.
>> come to think of it, i think 4dv2 was 1990, and, at that time, flowcharts
>> were optional.
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> dude, 4d hasn't used flowcharts since around 1992, and at that time, it
>>> was optional (instead of coding methods like you would usually expect)
>>> you are O-L-D.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yeah we used to have 4th Dimension at a place I worked at many, MANY
>>>> years ago. The whole flow chart paradigm kinda lost me.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob S
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> > On Jan 23, 2025, at 6:01 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > correct, the client framework is running js. the client side of your
>>>> > project is low/no, so many of the actions you are invoking are inserted
>>>> to
>>>> > the widget via a menu. if the widget property editor does not get you
>>>> what
>>>> > you want, you are writing CSS.
>>>> > the server code (where a lot of the action is taking place) is written
>>>> in
>>>> > an updated version of 4d's newer ORDA language.
>>>> > if you remember 4d, it is procedural. the newer syntax is OO, with an
>>>> ORM.
>>>> > qodly takes that paradigm a step further and makes the syntax more
>>>> > modern/JS'y.
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