In case anyone is interested, I wrote a reasonably light-weight article to encourage your average computer user to give visual programming a try. As a fan of Bubble.is, it is promoted throughout the post. Please feel free to share.
@NigelG (et al)… thank you for your kind words. I hate to burst your bubble (ha ha), but it’s all fake (well, about 90% of it is). Nothing works, it just looks like it does if you follow a pre-scripted demo.
That’s not to take anything away from the power of Bubble though. I think it works fantastically as a rapid prototyping tool (whether fake or working) as well as for creating full working production apps.
My design skills are more limited than my programming skills - but with Bubble, I can produce something that looks good enough to put in front of prospective clients/users to get invaluable feedback.
With the current pricing model I can do that far more effectively and inexpensively with Bubble than with something like InVision (+ a designer)… and I personally think the result is better and easier to iterate - and maybe even turn into a production system.
I also love the rate at which Bubble is being improved and the strong user community.
