[jkcxn]

It’s not syntax help thats useful about visual programming it’s the 2-way communication between the programmer and the running program, and also being able to refer to other parts of a program spatially rather than by a name.

Most kinds of software don’t need these things but if you’re writing code that generates graphics or audio signals then you do, because you get to manipulate your program and see/hear effects in real-time, and also seeing how different parts of your program connects together is more important than giving names to them (where there may not be a useful name you can give them anyway)

Theoretically you might be able achieve these things with only a textual representation and it could be best of both worlds