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A dev tool with a monthly subscription? That's enough to stop me right there. An alternative is B4J, a free (as in beer) BASIC that compiles to Java, so should
by gramie 2y ago
A dev tool with a monthly subscription? That's enough to stop me right there.
An alternative is B4J, a free (as in beer) BASIC that compiles to Java, so should run just about anywhere. It also has
* B4A - a free version for Android
* B4R - a free version for Arduino and ESP8266
* B4I - a paid version for iOS
The main (sole?) developer is ridiculously responsive and helpful.
- wilg 2y agoit seems pretty reasonable to charge $30-50 a month for somebody doing the hero's work of reimplementing and building on top of a 30 year old programming environment. also there's a free one! spray money the people who do crazy niche work! that's what makes the world beautiful!
- forgotpwd16 2y ago>A dev tool with a monthly subscription? It seems that can buy a perpetual license for GBP £5000 / developer, which is equal to 16 years of monthly subscription (quite optimistic for a 3yo project).
- gilbertbw 2y agoThey actually have a new year deal [0] on a perpetual licence to all v1 versions for £249, equal to 10 months of the subscription. [0] https://twinbasic.com/NEWYEAR25 https://twinbasic.com/NEWYEAR25
- neverartful 2y agoThey do have a free tier. It's nice having more dev tool options than fewer options.
- VB6-Programming 2y agotwinBASIC programming has a free Community Edition.