What does visual mean? A text file is a 2D set of characters, so if you consider it that way everything is visual. What are brackets, if not visual markers of blocks that start and end? What is code coloring if not visual aid to help with typing?
Programming is visual, full-stop. The main reason why “visual programming didn’t catch on” is because there can’t be a semantic equivalent to placing programming elements on a 2D grid. A program executed things On sequence, so it’s convenient to program top to bottom. That’s why text is better suited to represent it.
Dataflow programming is not generally executing in sequence. And that’s where visual programming shines.
Programming is visual, full-stop. The main reason why “visual programming didn’t catch on” is because there can’t be a semantic equivalent to placing programming elements on a 2D grid. A program executed things On sequence, so it’s convenient to program top to bottom. That’s why text is better suited to represent it.
Dataflow programming is not generally executing in sequence. And that’s where visual programming shines.