{"product_id":"application-development-without-programmers-james-martin-early-no-code-computing-first-u-s-edition-first-printing-1982","title":"Application Development Without Programmers — James Martin | Early No-Code Computing, First U.S. Edition, First Printing (1982)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst U.S. edition, first printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of James Martin’s remarkably forward-looking 1982 book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApplication Development Without Programmers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published by Prentice-Hall as part of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Martin Books on Computer Systems and Telecommunications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten when business computing still depended heavily on specialized programmers, Martin examines a problem that sounds strikingly contemporary: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehow can ordinary users create useful computer applications without having to become traditional programmers?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book surveys the emerging technologies that were beginning to make that possible, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edatabase query languages, application generators, report generators, graphics tools, electronic mail, information-retrieval systems, fourth-generation languages, and other forms of end-user computing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Martin argues that organizations could reduce their enormous programming backlogs by giving users increasingly sophisticated tools for building and modifying their own applications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn historical context, the book reads as an early precursor to today’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003elow-code and no-code software platforms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Decades before terms such as “citizen developer” became common, Martin was already describing layered systems in which users could progress from simple database inquiries and calculators to report generation, graphics, decision support, and eventually full application generation without working directly in conventional programming languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe illustrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Levels of Sophistication”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e diagram is particularly revealing: its progression from electronic mail and database inquiry through graphics, reporting, decision support, application generation, and high-level languages anticipates many ideas now built into modern business software and visual development platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book also documents a transitional moment in computing history. Its examples include technologies such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCOBOL, PL\/I, Query-by-Example, IBM systems, IDMS, NOMAD, database query languages, minicomputers, terminals, and early information centers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—a world in which interactive computing was expanding rapidly but personal computing had not yet transformed the workplace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApplication Development Without Programmers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is useful both as a vintage computer-science reference and as a historical artifact from the period when the software industry was beginning to reconsider who should be able to create computer applications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy has additional institutional provenance from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmoco Production Company Research Center Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with surviving library stamps, catalog notation, and exterior spine label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e James Martin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1982\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e First U.S. Edition, First Printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A James Martin Book \/ The James Martin Books on Computer Systems and Telecommunications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e xvi + 350\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 0-13-038943-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-0-13-038943-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLCCN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 81-15736\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Vintage ex-library hardcover. 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