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Old 01-21-2010, 09:03 PM   #1
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Wherein CGR discusses applications that have become platforms
By that I mean computer programs that were created for some particular purpose and have evolved into platforms on which other programs are based. The most obvious example is Excel. Excel gives you a space that you can create a UI directly on the grid, or you can use forms in VBA. VBA is a turing complete language. You have file access, database access, just about everything any other language has.

I ask because I think looking at such applications will give an idea of what programming needs to look like to be accessible to non-programmers.

So, what other application => platform examples can you think of?

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Old 01-21-2010, 09:06 PM   #2
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Similar but different, the web (browser) is a platform trying to become an operating system.
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Adobe Extensions. Especially the Photoshop ones.

Also VST effects in Pro Tools and all other DAWs.
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I'm intrigued. Tell me more.
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Adobe in general!
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I'm not sure what extensions for adobe look like, but this:

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I ask because I think looking at such applications will give an idea of what programming needs to look like to be accessible to non-programmers.
Definitely disqualifies audio plug-ins. You need extremely high-level programming experience (SDKs for VSTs are in C++ and AUs are Objective C) and high-level DSP related math skills for audio plug-ins. With a couple excpetions.

Native Instruments offers a program/vst instrument called Reaktor which allows you to create effects and instruments using simpler building blocks provided in the instrument and create a UI pretty easily on top of it all. It's funny because some of the more interesting and innovative computer instruments are coming from Reaktor users.

Max/MSP is sort of the same vein, but I think Reaktor has a lower point of entry. The advantage of Max is you're able to close off and sell your product. Reaktor stays open (anyone can see the parts you used to build your instrument).
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Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, MySQL, any of the other powerful database apps come to mind.
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Old 01-24-2010, 09:08 PM   #9
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Good point. I use it so much I don't even think about all the add-ons and such for what they are.
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