Re: Adventures in Quest for GUI RAD

<Typing80wpm(at)aol(dot)com> wrote in message news:b8(dot)72030621(dot)2fac7092(at)aol(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
>
> It is just too bad that there is not a better, more user friendly, well
> documented front-end tool for Postgresql in open source. It really is
> kind of a
> marketing issue, in a way. I mean, if someone could really put together
> some
> sort of "Postgresql for Dummies" series with something like Rekall for a
> front end with some REAL LIFE examples or projects that ACTUALLY DO
> SOMETHING
> USEFUL, rather than just paint a form to go first/last/next/add/save....
> if
> someone could put together something like THAT, then, perhaps things
> would
> really take off. I dont know. Just a thought. All the ingredients and
> raw
> materials are lying around just waiting for someone to do that.
>
Hear, hear. Speaking as another self-taught database user and programmer, I
have a gripe about most (nearly all) books on programming, which don't (or
else poorly) address questions like:
* What useful stuff can you do with this?
* Why was this technology (language etc.) invented, i.e. what problem was it
designed to solve, and why is it better than competing technologies?
* What is the point of exotic feature xyz (i.e. what is it really there
for)?
* How do you put together a working application that does something useful?

If anyone here can suggest books that really address those questions, I for
one will be all ears.