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Graphical Programming is Dead
The document discusses the evolution and current state of graphical design tools and programming, emphasizing their success in niche areas such as education and certain technical fields. It highlights the historical reasons for using graphical interfaces in electronics, as well as the limitations such as vendor dependency and challenges in debugging. Overall, it suggests a shift from designing tools to focusing on graphical viewers in programming.
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- 1. Graphical Design Tools aredead. long live graphical viewers Dr. Ir. Philippe Faes
- 2. Types of GraphicalProgramming ● Data-flow based ● One-dimensional ● Behavioral (state-machines) ● Hybrid
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- 6. Niches Graphical programming issuccessful in niches: ● educational and non-programmer ● flow-based: audio, video, measurement data ● formal behavior (FSM) ● graphical design (GUI, games, ...) ● and some domain specific sub-niches
- 7. Why graphical entry forelectronics? ● historical ● inspection / navigation ● documentation
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- 11. Disadvantages of graphical ●lack of standard data format ○ vendor dependent ● difficult to compare two versions ● captures limited complexity ● debugging can be harder ○ tool flow works on generated HDL code
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