Who wants to be a programmer? Microsoft is hoping everyday folks will take the challenge by using its non-professional programming tools, and other vendors are following suit. Microsoft is poised to tap the nascent market for development tools to enable non-professionals to create applications, having established a team specifically built for this push and planning several initiatives, including a new Web site strictly for beginners.
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Member since:2005-07-07
IMHO "normal" people shouldn't even be allowed to make webpages. My god, look how ugly some of them are, it's just ridiculous.
IMHO "normal" people shouldn't even be allowed to make babies. My god, look how ugly some of them are, it's just ridiculous.
See how ridiculous what you said was. I live in a country where our freedoms and rights are being eroded everyday. (I think you all know which one that is.) Everyone should be allowed to program and have access to programming tools. Many of us programmers got our start with "beginner" programming tools. How many people learned to program using QBasic or TurboPascal? I think a lot of us.
I miss the days when Microsoft included basic programming tools with their OSes. I think that's what really attracted me to Linux and other open source *nixes. The batteries ARE included! Oh, by the way, if you're looking for an open source beginner friendly system that is far superior to VB, give Lazarus and FreePascal a try. I think you'll be very impressed. It is a Delphi-inspired environment.
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/
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2006-01-24
IMHO "normal" people shouldn't even be allowed to make webpages. My god, look how ugly some of them are, it's just ridiculous.
I can't imagine why programs should be any better and if they can write code themselves it *will* be bug-ridden. I'm just glad i won't be doing support on that stuff
Don't know where I was going with this other than I just think that this is a bad idea. Really bad. (and no, I'm not afraid I'll be out of a job because of this).
On the bright side, it might make them appreciate the complexity of the work we do.