yes, but does your colleague even fully understand what was generated? Does he have a good mental map of the organization of the project?
I have a good mental map of the projects I work on because I wrote them myself. When new business problems emerge, I can picture how to solve them using the different components of those applications. If I hadn't actually written the application myself, that expertise would not exist.
Your colleague may have a working application, but I seriously doubt he understands it in the way that is usually needed for maintaining it long term. I am not trying to be pessimistic, but I _really_ worry about these tools crippling an entire generation of programmers.
I have a good mental map of the projects I work on because I wrote them myself. When new business problems emerge, I can picture how to solve them using the different components of those applications. If I hadn't actually written the application myself, that expertise would not exist.
Your colleague may have a working application, but I seriously doubt he understands it in the way that is usually needed for maintaining it long term. I am not trying to be pessimistic, but I _really_ worry about these tools crippling an entire generation of programmers.