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REALbasic Linux IDE Public Beta Available

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-all-seems-so-basic dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A brand-new visual development environment for Linux is in public beta now. REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition will be available for free when it ships in August. The company has also done away with their email registration requirement. Download the public beta now from REAL Software."

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  1. Re:Yeah, this is what we want... by TampaDeveloper · · Score: 0, Troll
    ...REALbasic 2005 is a modern, object-oriented language and environment, so C++ developers feel right at home. Familiar concepts such as polymorphism, object references and exception handling are supported with a clean, modern syntax.

    Well, almost. I've done my share of RB projects. Unless they have made sweeping changes to the API, the graphical components most certainly are not object oriented.

    You can't, for instance, instantiate a new Window. Very frustrating when languages go 90%, but then always seem to find other things to do rather than fixing the last little bit to make it work properly.

  2. In my experience... by Obstin8 · · Score: 0, Troll
    I found that Real Software seems more concerned with license enforcement and revenue generation than bug fixes and 'non-paid' improvements.

    I bought a basic version for some OS9 development I was doing a few years back. It really was a good tool on that platform. Unfortunately it suffered from the old Mac disease where almost nothing - not the tiniest little utility of note - is free. RB followed that route too, and for major bugfixes you had to buy the next major version (although in fairness they did support your version number for some time, just seemed nothing major got fixed in it...)

    From my past experience with them, I would really be concerned about this line "list price is $499.95. All REALbasic 2005 for Linux licenses include six months of updates." So you shell out 500 USD and you get no updates after 6 lousy months?!? Boy, there's a deal...

    Thanks, I'll pass.

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