When I look at how code is written I always find myself a bit annoyed as the IDE (Integrated development environment) is basically nothing more than notepad with some extra features. Nothing wrong with notepad or the many IDE’s out there.

But I have always thought that code has one major weakness: Code is always written in a linear fashion. This is not inherent to only code, but a facet of how language works. In the majority of the languages we write from left to right and then from top to bottom. Some languages write in a different order, but always in one direction and then in the other.

I have always wondered why this has to be. Ok, I admit the fact that code is often a language (Like for example C++) but most languages have features like branching (if-else for example), and sub functions.

Recently I came across “Code Bubbles” and honestly I love it, it’s because I’m not a Java programmer pure sang (I did Java a long time ago), but this wants to me to make Java my primary language. Anyway here is a screenshot which demonstrates and I think any developer would applaud this.