2005/06/13 16:00:00
I use a number of GUI client applications at work that have been
created using a single database front end tool. What you end up
with is a series of reports and forms based mostly around the
database format and getting all the possible information on one
page, be that a huge form or a table of results.
In this case what I think has happened is that this tool allows the
developers to create a front-end that works for them and is easy to
develop for. What is missing is the whole idea that this is an
application to server the users and help then get to the
information in the back-end of the server. If the developer had
started with just a set of GUI tools to create widgets such as
buttons, text labels, small tables and a defined way to access the
back-end with out some sort of point and click GUI would this make
them think about what they were going to do before starting to drag
and drop.
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