1. Idea for a New Project
Here is an idea for a new project for someone out
there tring to find a project to create.
Why not create a windows drawing program that allows
the user to drop icons/symbols on a graphics page.
These symbols would be like flow chart like symbols.
The user would place these symbols on the page and
connect them just like a flow chart describing a
programming. Double clicking on a sysmbol would allow
the user to edit the detail contents of the symbol.
Once the flowchart has been created; a button is clicked
to generate the Euphoria DOS code that the flowchart
represents.
This would be used to create DOS programs which do not
have a IDE to create them easily and would also aid user
in thinking more about the design of their progams.
Bernie
2. Re: Idea for a New Project
- Posted by irvm at ellijay.com
Jun 13, 2003
On Friday 13 June 2003 12:01 pm, you wrote:
>
>
> Here is an idea for a new project for someone out
> there tring to find a project to create.
>
> Why not create a windows drawing program that allows
> the user to drop icons/symbols on a graphics page.
> These symbols would be like flow chart like symbols.
> The user would place these symbols on the page and
> connect them just like a flow chart describing a
> programming. Double clicking on a sysmbol would allow
> the user to edit the detail contents of the symbol.
> Once the flowchart has been created; a button is clicked
> to generate the Euphoria DOS code that the flowchart
> represents.
> This would be used to create DOS programs which do not
> have a IDE to create them easily and would also aid user
> in thinking more about the design of their progams.
There are (or were) a couple of commercial programs which were
supposed to allow "visual programming" - didn't generate Euphoria
code, of course.
Sadly, I could never get much beyond the "hello world" stage with
any of these. Perhaps the implementation was flawed, or the user
interface poorly designed. Or maybe I don't know how to program.
It would be interesting to see something like you describe it if would
actually work.
Regards,
Irv
3. Re: Idea for a New Project
----- Original Message -----
From: <eugtk at yahoo.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: Idea for a New Project
>
>
> --- Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > There is something called "Kaptain". It is supposed
> > to be an easy way to
> > make a graphical interface for Linux programs.
>
> Yes, that's what it does - implement a GUI for common
> (existing) command line programs.
>
> I was thinking more along the lines of Prograph
> http://www.pictorius.com/
> which allows the programmer to build source code by
> dragging and dropping various boxes on the screen, and
> connecting them with lines. I tried Prograph
> a few years ago, and decided that it just wasn't
> useful for any "real" programming tasks. Other people
> have better success with it, if you believe Pictorus'
> sales pitch.
>
> Anyway, there's a free trial available, but it's a
> 26 meg download.
>
> Also, there once was a programming language called
> "Blue", which operated in much the same way. Work on
> that seems to have been discontinued.
I used to work with a product like this for DEC VAX machines back around
1985. You would build up a program by using diagrams and connecting lines,
plus you could add a little direct code at times. It would generate COBOL
code which you'd then compile.
--
Derek
