One of the First Successful Hypermedia Systems Before the Web (1987)

Programmer and photographer Bill Atkinson wrote HyperCard for Apple Computer. HyperCard was one of the first successful hypermedia systems before the World Wide Web. "It combined database capabilities with a graphical, flexible, user-modifiable interface. HyperCard also featured HyperTalk, written by Dan Winkler, a powerful and easy-to-learn programming language for manipulating data and the user interface. HyperCard users often employed it as a programming system for Rapid Application Development of different kinds of applications, database and otherwise."