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I think nowadays Python is the new BASIC. It has an interactive mode; It has access to a hell amount of libraries and APIs one can imagine; It is easy to progra
by hnthrowaway0328 4y ago
I think nowadays Python is the new BASIC. It has an interactive mode; It has access to a hell amount of libraries and APIs one can imagine; It is easy to program. I'm sure it can open the door for so many kids.
- helf 4y ago[dead]
- wvenable 4y agoWhat's a library? What's an API? Visual Basic was much more approachable than Python because it didn't even have those barriers.
- dragonwriter 4y agoClassic VB had libraries and references to them. And an API is just whatever interface any piece of code exposes, and it definitely had those.
- wvenable 4y agoBut you didn't even have to open the references dialog to create an application. VB was great because it made easy stuff easy but it also made more difficult stuff possible. You could reference other libraries, of course. You could also directly call Win32 APIs. But you didn't need to that. You didn't need any boilerplate or ceremony -- you could drop a button on a form, double-click on it to add code, and make it do something without knowing anything about the infrastructure to make that possible. As far as I know, there are no tools that do something equivalent now that aren't so sandboxed that it's a dead end.
- lelanthran 4y ago> I think nowadays Python is the new BASIC. Maybe, but it certainly isn't the new Visual Basic. Even in (was Delphi, now) Lazarus, there's much more to know when you need to create a simple application.
- hnthrowaway0328 4y agoFor that I have to agree. I still missed the days that I spent a ton of time just pulling up a good looking UI in VB (and much later in VBA).