Visual programming? Seriously?! Did I miss something? Someone invented touch programming? Or smells? Not? Does everyone program with their eyes? Why then do we use this adjective?
Of course, I am aware of what this is about. I just want to draw your attention to a certain oddity in terminology. Which, as I see it, is a consequence of some general misunderstanding.
Of course, visual programming is programming for the general public. And let’s take the bull by the horns right away. Will programming become widespread in the near future? How is your writing skill? Or, at least, how is the skill of driving a car?
Personally, I have conflicting information on this score. Many people answer this question with a confident “no”. On the other hand, I have experience teaching children to program. The statistics are more than eloquent. Everybody learns. I communicated with colleagues. They have the same picture. A child’s chances of mastering programming are about the same as their chances of mastering reading and writing.
It remains to be seen what is behind this confident “no”. As it turns out, not everyone thinks that there are some insurmountable obstacles to the common man’s ability to master programming. Rather, it is said that almost no one will do this, because why?
Indeed. Why would an ordinary person need programming? Let those who have chosen such a profession do this. Here I would like to remind you that in exactly the same way some time ago there was a spread of the skills of writing. At first, it was believed that writing was the business of a narrow circle of professionals. It seemed shameful to the elites to engage in such a low business. Then the mood of the elite turns one hundred and eighty degrees. And now the possession of written speech is a mandatory attribute for her. And after the elite, written language is mastered by all polls.
