Getting REAL ?

[horazio]

Hi
What are your thoughts about REALbasic ?
I just installed the "try" version n I noticed that shape/line controls have also more events, for example they can trap mouse move envents which is very cool !

Regards H.

[dilettante]

I was never a fan of the product, though I haven't looked at it again in the last 5 years. The IDE seemed clunky, the documentation was awful, the programs seemed buggy, and it didn't support a lot of things well (probably because of its Mac origins?).

It might be better now. I'd look at other alternatives though if your goal is multiplatform programming.

Jabaco (http://www.jabaco.org/) is free and more VB6-like to me.

[esposito]

I was never a fan of the product, though I haven't looked at it again in the last 5 years. The IDE seemed clunky, the documentation was awful, the programs seemed buggy, and it didn't support a lot of things well (probably because of its Mac origins?).

It might be better now. I'd look at other alternatives though if your goal is multiplatform programming.

Jabaco (http://www.jabaco.org/) is free and more VB6-like to me.

Is there any way you can convert a Jabaco bytecode app into a native executable file?

[nO_OnE]

VB 2010 Express is free, just register it with your name and address.

[dilettante]

Is there any way you can convert a Jabaco bytecode app into a native executable file?
No, the whole point is to create Java executeables, so you have the same problems as with Java (or .Net, which follows a similar model).

Think p-code.

All three are more suited to in-house rather than commercial development.

[dilettante]

VB 2010 Express is free, just register it with your name and address.
Most of those who are going to drink that Kool-Aid already have faces that show it by now.