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>(If anyone knows of anything like it for cross-platform desktop apps, let me know, I'd love to try it out) Check out Xojo. HN user SyneRyder sometimes comment
by vram22 9y ago
>(If anyone knows of anything like it for cross-platform desktop apps, let me know, I'd love to try it out)
Check out Xojo. HN user SyneRyder sometimes comments about it here, and likens it somewhat to Delphi. Cross-platform too. I'm in early stages of trying it out, so won't comment myself on it.
Xojo is a BASIC variant, and IIRC, was called RealBASIC earlier. While I've done some work with BASIC and Visual BASIC in my time, and don't puke out on it (as some people allege they do :), I confess that I prefer the syntax style of the Algol family of languages, such as C, C++, Pascal, D, and Go.
However, the convenience of VB, Delphi, Lazarus and similar drag-and-drop GUI app builder tools is real. Great for quickly prototyping something, and many a time for the final product too.
- rcarmo 9y agoI tracked RealBasic for a few years before the rebranding. It's nice, and if I were developing desktop apps professionally I'd probably buy it - but for my kids to try out, it's a little expensive :) But yeah, it delivers.
- vram22 9y agoI get you, but the lowest version of Xojo, without database support (or maybe even that includes just SQLite support), is free, IIRC, for local use on a PC. And anyway one can do plenty of apps without any DB.
- rcarmo 9y agoI'll check into that. The mandatory registration thing is a turnoff...