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I miss VB6. What's the closest modern thing to it? (VB.Net doesn't count, at least for me)
by Razengan 4y ago
I miss VB6. What's the closest modern thing to it? (VB.Net doesn't count, at least for me)
- gattilorenz 4y agoDepends on what you miss. Lazarus might be an alternative?
- lordgroff 4y agoThe language is obviously different, but if you miss the "get the GUI done" feature then Lazarus fits the bill.
- hattmall 4y agoI feel like VB6 was definitely a peak of the integration of beginning and advanced. I wonder if there's anything like it but for HTML, CSS, JS. The style of VB coding is basically frontend webdev today.
- kevin_morrill 4y agoRetool is the closest thing I've seen to capturing the magic of early Visual Basic.
- EsportToys 4y agoDoes AutoIt count? https://github.com/EsportToys/MouseTray https://github.com/EsportToys/MouseTray
- dole 4y agoPureBasic or DarkBasic? Or just use VB6 and a paper bag over your head.
- forgotmypw17 4y agoI miss it too. For me, the replacement is Web. It lacks VB's all-in-one-ness, and it lacks the GUI designer, but other than that, I can get a pretty close approximation of GUI toolkit with events binding. I don't use almost any frameworks or toolkits, save for a cryptography module, and I am quite happy and getting a similar experience. Bonus is if I keep it to 2010-ish era DOM-style code, I virtually never have to worry about cross-browser compatibility issues. It pays to stay off the bleeding edge.
- xet7 4y agoGambas. Some related links at: https://github.com/wekan/hx/tree/main/prototypes/ui/gambas https://github.com/wekan/hx/tree/main/prototypes/ui/gambas