This is a Toot for all you old school applications developers
Back in the day there was a system prototyping app called DBDemo (Dan Briklin’s Demo). I “discovered” it at the time we were developing new major systems for an Australian Government department. At the time we started it had not been decided whether the new system would be PC based client/server or IBM traditional 3270 terminal based - and it didn’t matter
A systems analyst sat with our “super users” and developed the system logic. The result was packaged on 3.5” fdd and distributed to regular users for thorough testing. This cycle was repeated several times until everyone was happy with the result. DBDemo allowed the various steps of the system to be completed WITOUT any coding.
A system map of screen images was produced and handed over to the system developers. All that was required was to fill in the logic stems.
The system was developed on time and under budget - a first for us!
DBDemo was a great tool!
@stevengharris @pja It's so nice when people remember things like that. It was a feature I was very proud of. It was, though, a source of a bug on the first Compaq, as I recall.
