Comments on: why is XML good for GUI? /2004/03/why-is-xml-good-for-gui/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:44:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 By: Sarah Allen /2004/03/why-is-xml-good-for-gui/#comment-150 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:44:49 +0000 /wordpress/?p=110#comment-150 Note: most of what you build in a GUI is not actually pixel-tweaking. After spending the last year working on Laszlo Mail (www.laszlomail.com), I believe this even more strongly. A GUI tool is great for prototyping, but building a real UI that does anything interesting or innovative, is still a programming task. After three years of LZX coding experience, I’m convinced that declarative coding is just plain faster than creating procedural code. XML is reasonable choice for declarative code today.

]]> By: Dan Shafer /2004/03/why-is-xml-good-for-gui/#comment-149 Sat, 27 Mar 2004 05:26:30 +0000 /wordpress/?p=110#comment-149 Sarah….

Thanks for the note, which TrackBacked to my site so I could find it!

Your explanation of why XML may have a valid role to play in GUI design is intriguing. I agree with it. Your final point is the core of my issue, I think. I’m looking now at building a first cut at a Laszlo GUI tool using Runtime Revolution. I’ll let you know if something useful develops from that work.

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