Dynamo as Flowchart 2.0
Is Dynamo Actually Flowchart 2.0? A 90s Kid’s Perspective on Visual Programming Introduction – When Something Old Suddenly Felt New Again When I started learning Dynamo , I had mixed feelings. I had tried earlier, struggled, and quietly walked away. This time, as part of my 2026 learning resolution , I decided to start fresh using the official Dynamo learning resources. A few lessons in… something unexpected happened. It felt familiar . Uncomfortably familiar. And then it hit me: “This is exactly like the flowcharts we learned in school.” That single realization changed my entire approach to Dynamo. A Quick Trip Back to School Days If you are from the 80s or 90s generation , you probably remember: Drawing flowcharts in notebooks Using Start / Process / Decision / End symbols Connecting everything with arrows Learning logic before even touching a computer Back then, we didn’t call it programming logic . We just called it flowchart . But in reality, we were being trained to: Thi...
