In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about web dev GUIs — what are they, are they going to replace developers, are they good or bad, and more!
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Show Notes 1:30 - What is “codeless”?
The codeless movement is coming in with a force. Are they just selling something? Or is it a real concern?
All types of jobs are being replaced by computers Truckers
Cashiers
Lawnmowers
Doctors
Why not web developers?
7:22 - First experience building sites with a GUI?
Dreamweaver
10:18 - Entire website builders:
Wix
Squarespace
Webflow
Modulz
Grid.io
Wordpress Builders
13:17 - When are GUIs useful?
Brochure site
Basic e-commerce
20:26 - Is a GUI/Codeless always better?
It depends what you’re capable of doing
25:21 - Levels of hell GUI assistance in builders
CMS - Just modifying content and basic markup
Access to code, drag blocks into place
No or minimal access to code
No modification outside of options
31:36 - Are there GUIs for making applications?
Native Mobile
Zapier
36:54 - Are jobs at risk?
Yes
I think a lot of WordPress tinkering has already been replaced
The guy who knows what buttons to push is at risk?
Webmaster jobs where the roll was just occasionally updating HTML and text
No
Government
Educational institutions
Major corporations that can’t have their content stored via a service
39:55 - Our favorite GUIs to help development
Scott:
Netlify
Heroku
Studio 3T
VS Code
Wes:
Sketch CSS Export
Digital Ocean
Cyberduck
Transmit
ZSH
VS Code
Links Roomba’s first autonomous lawnmower
Notepad++
Geocities
Angelfire
Sketch
Figma
Gatsby
Excel
Meteor
Recurly
Gumroad
Begin.com
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