Absolutely does provide a RAD front-end. It's actually a spectacularly well-provisioned development tool with which you can build Gnome/KDE/terminal apps, and even provides a web forms engine for deploying much the same apps via HTTP.
Its only real issue is that it's a great tool for client-side-first RAD development in an era when much of software development has moved to web-side-first.
Its only real issue is that it's a great tool for client-side-first RAD development in an era when much of software development has moved to web-side-first.
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