On 26/03/2011, at 1:21 AM, Nathan Sims wrote: > > On Mar 25, 2011, at 12:17 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote: > >> I'm not one for "visual programming" (laying out code pieces) though, > > I would welcome this as an adjunct, to be able to pull up a .m class file and > have it represented graphically -- each method displayed as a block that can > be moved about within the file by touch, with arrows connecting what gets > invoked where and by whom. Great for understanding your code flow, and would > beat copying / dragging / pasting text.
Yes, I think you've suggested one area where multi-touch could be useful. I've always like different levels of abstraction, so perhaps we can represent an app like that as well, and use multi-touch to delve deeper into particular areas of an app. I was specifically referring to those systems where you graphically drag a "for-loop" and similar to construct low-level algorithms - ok for teaching, inefficient for real developers. > But I agree, you'll have to take my keyboard from my cold dead hands... Sounds like a good slogan for the NKS (National Keyboard Association) ;-) Cheers, Ashley. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
