Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!mrsvr.UUCP!pet3.uucp!hallett From: hallett@pet3.uucp (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: prototyping Message-ID: <1119@mrsvr.UUCP> Date: 5 Oct 89 14:15:38 GMT References: <1142@svx.SV.DG.COM> <34399@regenmeister.uucp> <5296@eos.UUCP> <568@pd1.ccd.harris.com> <5333@eos.UUCP> Sender: news@mrsvr.UUCP Reply-To: hallett@gemed.ge.com (Jeffrey A. Hallett (414) 548-5163) Organization: GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI Lines: 24 In article <5333@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >an so forth. Programming languages tend to be too low-level. The problem >is to package and building things at a higher level. Standard libraries >aren't enough. The concept of complete "environments" hasn't been enough. >OOP isn't enough. No silver bullets. There is a product on the Macintosh called Prototyper from Smethers Barnes. It basically allows a person to model a user interface complete with menus, buttons windows, typed text, gads of stuff. It is extremely powerful and if the person wishes to go to enough trouble, the prototype is often indistinguishable from the real McCoy (Dammit, Jim I'm a doctor, not a prototype). It will produce code for many Macintosh compilers. Even if you don't develop on Macs, it is still useful for modeling ANY graphically-interfaced system. Best of all, it is about $125 (discount). If you already have a Mac, it is a great tool. -- Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 548-5163 : EMAIL - hallett@gemed.ge.com "Your logic was impeccable Captain. We are in grave danger."