This blog is all about the use of prototyping techniques in the software development process. We’ll occasionally pull in examples from other fields, and sometimes encroach onto other subjects to enrich what we’re writing, but basically if you are involved in software development then hopefully you will find something of interest in what we write.
Who we are
Reynard Thomson is a small software house based in central Scotland, UK. We created this blog because we’re passionate about the use of software prototyping techniques and wanted to do our bit to spread the word.
HI, Came across your site and found quite interesting stuff. But actually found it pretty surprising that, you didnt talk about a tool which is present with almost every body which is excellent tool for prototyping. MS excel.
Check What you can do with excel here http://crunchyideas.blogspot.com/2011/06/prototyping-using-excel-alternative-to.html
I guess Excel surely deserves a post from you.
Hi Mahesh.
Excel *isn’t* really what I’d call a prototyping tool, in the same way that Photoshop isn’t a website building tool. That is to say, you can do some things in a rudimentary way, and with dogged persistance you might be able to come up with something actually quite impressive (such as in the link you posted) but, let’s be clear: it’s hard work and is a little bit like cutting food with a spoon.
All that said, Mahesh, you could be right about the pressing need to talk about Excel – thanks for the suggestion and I’ll put that into my ‘doggy bag’ of article ideas for later this summer.
Thanks!