This is a very different experience from conventional programming which requires a painstaking process of debugging one statement at a time. Clarion reduces maintenance Most application generators, such as the Delphi Forms Expert can only be used once. If you change generated source code, the application generator will wipe out your changes if it is used again. The Clarion application generator can be used for the entire life cycle of an application no matter how heavily customized it becomes. The Clarion data dictionary is unique.
Most data dictionaries contain information about how data is stored and accessed.
The Clarion data dictionary also contains information about how data is displayed and processed. If a database changes or its rules of behavior change or its presentation style changes, a Clarion developer simply corrects the data dictionary, synchronizes the application model, and regenerates the application. Nothing could be easier. It is just as simple to modify or enhance an application. The same methodology is used to maintain a Clarion application that was used to create it.