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Free IDE Gambas Reaches 1.0

Posted by timothy on from the activate-the-gimp-name-complainers dept.

A few months ago, the GPL IDE Gambas reached 1.0 release candidate phase, and now reader drfreak writes "Gambas has now hit 1.0 and looks promising as GNU/Linux's answer to Visual Basic. Now, if it ran in Windows too, it would truly crush VB for database applications. Check it out at gambas.sourceforge.net." A 1.0.1 release came out on January 3rd to fix a few bugs.

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  1. Best logo by Uukrul · · Score: 5, Interesting

    NI think that the project is good enough to try to get a new design (and a new logo).
    This project with a more professional look can be a great success.
    Any thesigners out there?

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  2. Cluttered IDE by Osty · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I don't like the "spread-out" IDE layout they've got going on here. It reminds me too much of the GIMP, and not in a good way. Perhaps it's my Windows background, but I want a single window with toolboxes and sidebars inside that window (see Visual Studio or KDevelop). This "Let's have a bunch of floating windows with nothing tying them together" approach just makes me think the developers are trying to copy Mac apps rather than Windows apps, with the main drawback of not having a single app menu across the top of the screen to tie everything together (yes, I know that various desktop environments can optionally move app menus to the top of the screen, but how consistent are they? Will they keep the menu from the "Project" window up top when I have the "Toolbox" window focused? Do they know that the "Properties" window and code window are related, and should raise together?). I'm not saying that copying from either is bad or wrong, just that if you're going to do it, do it right.

  3. Re:So now it's ok to like VB? by RenatoRam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess VB is belittled not because of features, but because of the horrid quality of common vb apps.

    And for the poor quality of the language.

    And 'cause it tends to change and be incompatible from version to version ...and so on...

    Will gambas apps be better than vb apps? If they are written by the same monkeys I don't think so.

    The release of gambas IS great news, however, simply 'cause now we can reply to the endless "there is no simple RAD solution under linux" rants with "then use gambas, you fool!"

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    Ciao, Renato