[HN Gopher] Gambas Almost Means BASIC
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Gambas Almost Means BASIC
Author : senko
Score : 93 points
Date : 2023-03-29 18:25 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| 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.
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