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It's even easier to do so with no-code, low-code tools.


In 2000 using VB, you can build a GUI, make a working Windows application using a minimum amount of code. Also the documentation (msdn) and the community was really nice.


20 years on MS Access has been one of the quickest lowest code way to build a functional application. What a mess everything is these days in comparison.


If you wanted to build a data entry / collection app with basic validation, querying, filtering etc. you could easily do that with no code in 2000-era Delphi.


With support of today's API's/datasets , you could build more complex apps with similar levels of effort.




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