> GUI development has apparently gone backwards a decade or so
I find this the exact opposite. Okay, maybe I could break out Delphi or Visual Basic and make a crap UI that only ran on Windows and required users to install the software.
Today, in a few minutes, I can make an app in HTML/JS that runs in a webpage and several billion people can access and use immediately on either their PC, Tablet, or phone. That it me is way better than it was 30 years ago.
And, if I want it to be an app I can use some HTML/JS wrapper and be done in a similar amount of time. I can have a new electron app up and running and on 3 platforms in under an hour. If I had more mobile experience I'm sure I could do the same there.
I find this the exact opposite. Okay, maybe I could break out Delphi or Visual Basic and make a crap UI that only ran on Windows and required users to install the software.
Today, in a few minutes, I can make an app in HTML/JS that runs in a webpage and several billion people can access and use immediately on either their PC, Tablet, or phone. That it me is way better than it was 30 years ago.
And, if I want it to be an app I can use some HTML/JS wrapper and be done in a similar amount of time. I can have a new electron app up and running and on 3 platforms in under an hour. If I had more mobile experience I'm sure I could do the same there.