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TUI in FoxPro for DOS is more nostalgic still:

https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/826566061793345536

It even had a visual GUI editor, and a visual report editor:

What's especially interesting is that UI code was actually compatible between DOS and Windows versions, so long as you didn't use any platform-specific features (which were mostly Windows-specific, so most DOS apps could be ported very easily).

Looks like awesome technology, looks like it's easy to build simple CRUD apps without the need for the overhead of webapps

Thats exactly what it was all about! You basically made a database, attached a frontend with some forms etc. and you were good to go!

Looks like NeXT Interface Builder.