"Lazy Development" - Java, .NET, and PHP

Microsoft started the process of making developers click around to get things done with their superb IDE. An idea which was frowned upon by coding junkies because they think software development should always be rocket surgery. Java IDEs had no option than follow the trend with NetBeans and JDeveloper Studio (the ones I have been using). The multipurpose Dreamweaver is also good but have been overshadowed by the other specialized IDEs. In the PHP arena Drupal is the only software I have seen and used which comes close to letting PHP developers develop with ease the way .NET and Java developers develop do with their IDEs.
Drupal is a monstrous sort of software. It is more developer friendlier than non-developer friendly. It treats every content as an organized entity so that specific parts of the content can be displayed when the need arises. Unlike other CMSes which let users just dump content here and there once they have it. If someone has used the non-developer friendly Wordpress and Joomla CMSes before and they come to Drupal, they find themselves in a maze.
Whenever I am building complex web apps, my go to software is Drupal. If is it not complex enough then Joomla all the way. It is all about using the right tool for the right job.
I will go through a lot of hell if I were to use Joomla or Wordpress to build APIs for multiple devices consumption.  I mean native apps consuming content, not just device browsers consuming content or responsive web. Using Drupal for such a task is super easy since version 5 and the next version of Drupal, 8, comes with this functionality in core. One doesn't have to install module before they can expose content as a service for multiple devices to consume.
.NET and Java developers can easily build APIs fast by clicking around again in the IDE's specified above.

The extinction of syntax errors.

IDEs have done a great deal in making syntax errors in applications a thing of the past. Unless someone has got the time to code in non-syntax error highlighting editors, they will encounter syntax errors only when they are typing codes, not when the application build is complete.
21st century coders think of application logic so whenever they have a bug to deal with, it is more of a logical error.
IDEs like the OutSystems Agile Platform Studio http://www.outsystems.com/ take application logic to another level by letting the developer create application logic flow as flowcharts. No coding required.

Write Once, Run Anywhere Mobile Apps

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Facebook doubles iPhone app speed by dumping HTML5 for native code
Facebook Android app drops HTML5 and rolls out rebuilt native app
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Codeless Development

Most programmers never welcomed the very idea of clicking to get their jobs done. Some still hold on tight to the opinion that real programmers don't click, they code. Those who clicked were deemed not to be real programmers.
Technology has evolved and most programmers are left with no other option than to change to adapt to current trend of software engineering practices-codeless development.
Microsoft developers were deemed as lazy folks since almost 95% - my prediction - of the job is done for them when they click. Other companies had to look smart to attract developers with the clicking-to-develop methodology. From NetBeans to Eclipse to Oracle JDeveloper Studio to Qt ... and the list goes endless, everyone is empowering programmers to go codeless. I have been telling other developers who have prejudice against codeless software development that they will phase out.
I got this from  a three times champion developer from a codeless training workshop - forgotten whether that guy is a champion java developer or nokia developer - that last years nokia developer challenge was won by designers who spent six weeks in bringing out their application. Other started for months stressing their bones out. At the end of the day the clickers won the game.
Come on, if doctors use sophisticated technology to treat their patients, it doesn't mean they don't know doctoring. As developers, we are at the heart of empowering others to work smarter. We will be despecable folks if we live a chemotherapic coding lifestyle by working super slow with old, archaic and unproductive methods.
Codeless all the way!