[HN Gopher] Gambas Almost Means BASIC ___________________________________________________________________ Gambas Almost Means BASIC Author : senko Score : 93 points Date : 2023-03-29 18:25 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (gambas.sourceforge.net) (TXT) w3m dump (gambas.sourceforge.net) | czx4f4bd wrote: | As someone who spent a lot of time playing with VB6 as a kid, | Gambas is an amazing throwback. It feels like the VB6 I remember, | even though my memories are vague and tinted with nostalgia. | | In other words, it's not a perfect recreation of VB6 -- it's even | better, because it includes a lot of modern conveniences that | make it feel more comfortable to use. The IDE feels surprisingly | polished and, while the language is definitely still BASIC, it | has some nice enhancements that make it feel a bit less clunky | IMO. | | I'm probably not going to implement anything important in it, but | it's a fun way to relive my VB6 nostalgia when I'm in the mood | for it. | TrispusAttucks wrote: | I credit Visual Basic with sparking my interest in computers and | programming. It hit the perfect balance of power and | approachability for beginners. Curious to try compiling some of | my ancient projects. | bitwize wrote: | Gambas is a phenomenally good VB-like. It has a repo of | libraries, extensions, and sample code for everything from | databases to games. It compiles to native code and uses Qt for | its widget set. It really goes above and beyond VB while | providing the same feel (even if it is not 100% source | compatible). | rkagerer wrote: | The UI looks refreshingly lightweight. Is there something like | this for C#? | stonemetal12 wrote: | LINQPad? It can run C#, F#, and VB code not just LINQ queries. | It doesn't have an easy UI designer though. | netcyrax wrote: | That was exactly my thought: that is looks super lightweight - | which is a pleasant surprise nowdays. Still, I would prefer | another language than BASIC. | pantalaimon wrote: | MonoDevelop maybe? | guestbest wrote: | Sharpdevelop works but hasn't been updated since 2012 or 2016 | silisili wrote: | Man, blast from the past. | | I'd -love- something like this that could hook into other | languages directly. Python/Rust/Go/Zig/Whatever. It wouldn't even | need to compile, just output the working code all together. I'd | probably pay a lot of money for it, in fact. | brunovcosta wrote: | Hey! You should definitely check Abstra! It is a Python Visual | Basic on your vscode that outputs webapps | https://www.abstracloud.com/editor | bombolo wrote: | How is this in any way similar? | jagged-chisel wrote: | Is Gambas not also a drag and drop GUI builder, but for | BASIC? | patientplatypus wrote: | [dead] | itomato wrote: | Back in the early 00's I was stunned to find this inside a | project at a famous yummy pizza company. | | It's probably still there. | lioeters wrote: | > Gambas almost means BASIC | | It means "shrimp" in Spanish, as you can see from the logo. | tiagod wrote: | Means prawns actually. In Portuguese too. | ambyra wrote: | I'm convinced that shrimp, prawns, and lobster are all | actually the same creature, sold at different stages of its | life to create artificial market segmentation. | pjmlp wrote: | Not only Spanish. | pantalaimon wrote: | It's also a recursive acronym that stands for | | > Gambas almost means BASIC | thom wrote: | I was very impressed with Gambas when I was looking for a QBasic | throwback to install on my son's machine. We wrote a little | arithmetic game with a UI and it took half an hour and reminded | me of what programming was like before all the bullshit kicked | in. | Yaa101 wrote: | I am a golang programmer myself, but you can't beat GAMBAS it's | GUI programming qualities, it is so effortless to make a great | quality prototype for a GUI application. | | The language is very complete, even for me a as spoiled (having a | very complete standard library) golang user. | | GAMBAS is fun without being a childish toy, one can make very | serious applications with it. | dang wrote: | Related: | | _Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux_ - | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22574385 - March 2020 (82 | comments) | jamiek88 wrote: | There's no macOS version I wonder if it's possible to build one? | mgkimsal wrote: | Interesting - I remember seeing this .... 20 years ago? | Impressive to see it's still going and progressing. :) | TedDoesntTalk wrote: | That explains why it's on sourceforge, I guess. | lp0_on_fire wrote: | My first experience with it was 2005-2006? I recall printing | out the documentation and probably have a binder of around | here, somewhere. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-03-29 23:00 UTC)