Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#1

Post by galfarragem » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 10:41 AM UTC

Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux
gambas.sourceforge.net

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#2

Post by pcdoodle » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 12:02 PM UTC

I can't believe I haven't heard of this, it looks awesome. Looks like it can compile web apps too?

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#3

Post by 1wd » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 12:15 PM UTC

http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/doc/diffvb lists "Differences From Visual Basic" and says "Gambas is not intended to be a clone of Microsoft Visual Basic" and "you can't simply copy your VB projects over and expect them to compile under Gambas".

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#4

Post by drenginian » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 12:49 PM UTC

Sourceforge? Is this an old post?

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#5

Post by jsjddbbwj » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 12:51 PM UTC

1wd wrote: post #3

http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/doc/diffvb lists "Differences From Visual Basic" and says "Gambas is not intended to be a clone of Microsoft Visual Basic" and "you can't simply copy your VB projects over and expect them to compile under Gambas".

>Thankfully, in Gambas you cannot use GOTO to trap errors! Instead, use CATCH, FINALLY or TRY

For error handling goto is generally much clearer than using exceptions.

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#6

Post by kwhitefoot » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 12:55 PM UTC

Would be good to have a cross platform version of this. I wonder how difficult it would be?

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#7

Post by protomyth » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 1:01 PM UTC

kwhitefoot wrote: post #6

Would be good to have a cross platform version of this. I wonder how difficult it would be?

Xojo does it, but they are a long time commercial effort (RealBasic).

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

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Post by chalst » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 1:08 PM UTC

drenginian wrote: post #4

Sourceforge? Is this an old post?

The last release is January this year.

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#9

Post by pcdoodle » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 1:09 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #7

kwhitefoot wrote: post #6

Would be good to have a cross platform version of this. I wonder how difficult it would be?

Xojo does it, but they are a long time commercial effort (RealBasic).

Xojo is a solid paid solution. I use it all the time.

Re: Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux

#10

Post by pjmlp » Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 1:12 PM UTC

drenginian wrote: post #4

Sourceforge? Is this an old post?

Not everyone is jumping into Github.