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The VB6 IDE is distressingly easy to get running on modern versions of Windows - this is fortunate, since we still need to support it, but upsetting, since it d
by CJKerr 9y ago
The VB6 IDE is distressingly easy to get running on modern versions of Windows - this is fortunate, since we still need to support it, but upsetting, since it diminishes the incentive for killing it off.
- meredydd 9y agoThe resistance to "killing off" VB6 is in large part based on there being nothing as good to replace it. Unless you're willing to pay thousands for a Delphi licence, your only options are: 1. Modern .NET for desktop apps, whose many semi-obsolete UI frameworks make Java's UI tools look simple 2. Learning HTML/JS/React/Redux/CSS/Bootstrap/Python/Django/SQL/SQLAlchemy/Webpack... Neither is likely to appeal to someone used to how easily applications could be created in VB6 or Delphi. (I believe this so strongly I cofounded https://anvil.works https://anvil.works, which is basically VB6/Delphi for the web. That's not so much a disclaimer, I guess, as putting my money where my mouth is :-P)
- int_19h 9y agoIf you're trying to replace VB6, the only UI framework to consider on .NET would be WinForms, anyway. Which is obsolete, but still supported. I don't see how Delphi + VCL is any easier than C# + WinForms, especially given that the latter is a GC language.
- SyneRyder 9y agoThere's also Xojo, which used to be called REALbasic. It's a cross platform (Mac/Windows/Linux) IDE similar to Visual Basic, with the indie developer community of the earlier Delphi versions, and a much cheaper price point (essentially $99 per platform): https://www.xojo.com/visualbasic/ https://www.xojo.com/visualbasic/