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What kinds of projects did you use REALBasic for?

• WaltPurvis 7y ago
  Dozens. Database front ends. Small utility apps. Graphical interfaces to manage workflows where the actual work was done with scripting languages. Almost every app I did was for either the Mac or Windows, but perhaps the main value prop of REALbasic/Xojo was how easy it was to write one app and have it run on both Mac & Windows. For small applications, it really did Just Work, which seemed kind of magical.
  • appstorelottery 7y ago
    Wow! The memories - I wrote an OpenGL game in Realbasic for the Mac 15 years ago... the trouble with Real Software was that they changed the language and broke backwards compatibility... that turned me off big time. Back in the day I used Amos on the amiga and Microsoft QBX on the PC to write though-the-window display software for real estate agents (this was 26 years ago). The issue with basic in those days was libraries - doing system level stuff (e.g. using Super VGA graphics required a paid 3rd party library)... ahh the memories... these days i’m C++ / C# / PHP / etc. although the most fun I’ve had recently has been with 8088 assembler... Back in the day basic was frowned upon - but I think these days the stigma is pretty much gone...