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Has their been a successor to VB? The web is close in some respects (HTML is easy) and not in others (servers and single-page apps are not). I suppose, in ano
by dahjelle 13y ago
Has their been a successor to VB?
The web is close in some respects (HTML is easy) and not in others (servers and single-page apps are not).
I suppose, in another respect, Excel is a successor for many, though it isn't a good solution for making apps of any sort.
Surprisingly, the closest I've seen has been Microsoft's Project Siena[1]. I've not used it extensively, but my 5 or 10 minute made it look like it had the dirt-simple-to-get-started appeal of HyperCard and VB.
Anyone know of other "spiritual successors" out there?
[1] http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/microsoft-project-siena/5ae47651-e8f3-4e41-aab7-e19ab1b80180 http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/microsoft-projec...
- freehunter 13y agoAs a non-programmer, I've been looking for a VB successor for a long time.
- dahjelle 13y agoNot sure if either of these are useful to you, but there are some interesting projects in LiveCode[1] and in Alpha Anywhere[2]. I've not used either. I'm hoping Mozilla's AppMaker[3] comes to something, but I haven't been able to actually make it work yet. I can't say that I find any of these really (yet) hitting the sweet spot that HyperCard did, but that may be my own ignorance. :-D [1] http://livecode.com/ http://livecode.com/ [2] http://alphasoftware.com/ http://alphasoftware.com/ [3] https://appmaker.mozillalabs.com/ https://appmaker.mozillalabs.com/
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoI wouldn't call it a VB replacement but have a look at processing.org