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Before I go ahead and invest time checking out RealBasic (now Xojo), I'd like some feedback from people who have moved on from VBCLassic and use the Windows version of RealBasic to write professional business applications.
Is the language good enough, are there enough third-party add-on's to solve the inevitable shortcomings, etc.?
Thank you.
I was never a big VB6 developer, but I have used VB.NET quite a bit. REALbasic is a great substitute for creating desktop applications, but there are some things it cannot do, such as create DLLs or COM objects.
The REALbasic language is significantly more robust than VB6: it's fully object-oriented, has introspection/reflection and even has some dynamic capabilities. The IDE is a lot nicer than the VB6 IDE. But VB6 is 10 years old now and REALbasic is updated regularly, so it ought to be better.
There is a weakness in the 3rd party control market. You won't find anything as good as the grid controls available to VB6, for example. Reporting has been a weak area until recently. REALbasic itself now includes reporting capabilities and there are several 3rd party reporting tools available.
I've created quite a few professional business apps for Windows using REALbasic, but I do all my development on Mac OS X and use VMware Fusion and REALbasic's remote debugger to test and debug on Windows XP/Vista/7.
Update: As of 2013, REALbasic is now known as Xojo (the language is the same, though).
The answer to your question is YES. RB is Great for Desktop Apps. YES there are a bunch of third party add in, however, you don't really need them. You can do everything you want in RB. If you do want to benefit from 3rd Party products (why reinvent the wheel), there are plenty, and the support group is awesome.
REALbasic is free on linux. Install a dual boot system on your PC. Ubuntu would be a good bet here.
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Is there a way to determine what software tool was used to create a specific exe file? For example I'd like to find out if Delphi or Visual Studio or [Fill in the Blank] was used to create a program.
UPDATE:
I'm using a program called FoxtrotOne from www.enablesoft.com that uses a script and a datafile. The program acts just like a person sitting at the keyboard doing data updates. I've been continually monitoring the task manager and the FoxtroneOne.exe and the memory continues to climb as it loops through the dataset.
I've been told by the tech support guy to close IE after every 100 records because it's holding onto memory. My script interacts with a web application.
I'm convinced that there is a memory leak within FoxtrotOne. If I could determine what IDE they used I could suggest what low level tool they should use. For example if Delphi created this exe then I would suggest they install madExcept to check for memory leaks.
FINAL UPDATE:
I used Exeinfo PE to detrmine FoxtrotOne was created with Visual Basic 5.0 - 6.0
Open the EXE in a hex editor (such as HxD), and you might get a lot of clues. For instance, if you find a lot of VCL-related strings like TLabel, TForm, etc., it is probably an Embarcadero tool.
You might also open the EXE in a resource editor (such as XN Resource Editor) to get more clues:
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I am wondering if there is any software that can create a software with shortcuts inside another?
Like if you want to make an web editor you cold say that if you press that button it will write:
<html></html>
And use a browser to render?
If there is no software like this, is it possible to make?
Maybe I am wrong, but I think it will be a breakthrough for opensource development.
I am not a skilled developer so that I won't manage to make something like this, but I want to start a group to do this, with making a website for it. Do you think someone wants to help me or maybe one of you?
I have searched the web for something like this but haven’t found anything.
Edit:
I know this was quite bad formulated and am going to explain this again.
And what I mean is not a web editor, but a software developer application.
The web designer was just a example.
Imagine yourself that you have a UI designer whose you can import other software’s in and then you drag a button in to the screen, and on the settings you say that when you click that button the software will go into one of the software’s you’d imported and do something.
The software I am asking for is this software developer software.
Edit again:
I will do a second attempt to clarify:
You know about bots right? Those who fly around on the web and to crazy things as cheeking hotel prizes to playing poker.
I only wonder about if you cold make a new GUI like QT or GTK that would emulate a certain keyboard event or mouse gesture when clicking a button. And were to get started when doing so.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/kompozer-problems-733285/#post3580690
There's several powerful web editors in a list composed by someone there. It includes editors with a WYSIWYG.
Aptana studio is what I use which can use different browsers to render. It also has a built-in web server so that you can test AJAX requests and php rendering.
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I have learnt java. I can write in C/C++. Recently i have been developing web applications in java. I was planning to learn ruby. Are there any prerequisites for ruby that i don't have.
In terms of knowledge? No, not really. You'll just need to be prepared for when Ruby does things differently to C-type languages. You'll probably find your workflow changes too – Ruby doesn't have a compile stepº
This slide deck looks pretty helpful.
APIDock is an invaluable resource for learning standard libraries…
Get yourself a decent book (or try a neat online tutorial), and dive right in.
What do you want to do?
If you want to build web apps, rails is the obvious and most popular choice, but there are other, lighter options (like Sinatra) available.
If you're interested in using it to build desktop apps, then Shoes is a good cross-platform option to explore.
If you're using Linux or OSX (and you probably should be), you should use RVM to keep things tidy, and using Bundler with your projects will protect you from gem versioning hell on any platform.
º Technically, it could, but none of the major distributions compile Ruby to anything…
I haven't learned any computer language before save Basic and similar vendorscript trash. I have been developing no web applications at all. I cannot write in C/C++. Yet it took me less than a year to learn Ruby, start using Emacs, Git, Heroku, Bundler, MongoDB and all those things developers are supposed to use. I'm doing it for my job (writing a simulator in Ruby). You have nothing to fear, as long as you are a mathematician.
Have a look at these sites:
ruby learning
Ruby docs
Unfortunately, you already missed the most important prerequisite to learn Ruby: not having learned Java ;-)
This may seem a bit inflammatory, but at least in my experience with learning Ruby myself as well as what I have observed from friends, it seems indeed to be harder to learn Ruby if you have learned Java beforehand than if you haven't learned to program at all. In my personal quest to learn Ruby, the hardest thing was unlearning everything I learned from Java.
Smalltalk (or even better Self and Newspeak) are much better languages to learn before learning Ruby, as are Scheme and Haskell.
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I am interested in how Windows API has changed in the last 10 years since Windows 98 and Windows 2000? What interesting API calls have been added that you know? Also do people still write anything in API?
I am now learning everything I can about Windows programming and I am really curious about this. Because books don't explain everything, they just explain small subset of all API. And I want to know about the most modern things in Windows API.
So, my general question is where I can find a detailed WinAPI diff report for 98, 200, Xp, Vista and 7 versions?
There has been considerable change in the Win32 API in the past ten years. This link gives you API changes between XP & Vista and Vista & Windows 7. It's a large list.
All applications on Windows use the API, either directly (C/C++ calling into the existing Win32 API's and COM objects), or indirectly via a framework like MFC or .NET.
The real answer is that the core logic is unchanged. You can take a non-trivial Windows 1.0 source code and compile it for Windows 7 with minimal changes. You still have all the same basic building blocks:
window class creation;
window creation;
message loop;
window procedure;
resources for dialogs and menus;
windows styles;
many more
It is true that a lot of new APIs have been added, but the most common are still there. You do the same things in the same way.
One good way of finding out about some new APIs and why and how they were written can be to read the blogs of various Microsoft developers that is/has worked on Windows or related systems. Some examples:
Mark Russinovich- http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/
Raymond Chen - Link
Larry Osterman - Link
There's still people writing pure Win32 applications, but maybe not that many since most applications don't need to be written at that level and can usually be written faster in a higher level. Many .Net applications etc will still call straight into various Windows API methods however when the .Net framework does contain the functionality they need.
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I'm trying to make the case for upgrading my development machine to Windows 7 - I'm currently on Windows XP 32bit.
I've already identified the fact that moving to a 64bit OS should help performance by allowing me to max out the amount of RAM in my system.
But what other features new to Windows 7 are a boon to software developers?
On modern hardware, it is faster than both XP and Vista in just about every task -- booting, copying, launching programs. It also uses multicore CPUs more efficiently than XP.
I've also found that the search feature on the new Start menu saves a ton of time that I usually spent looking for files in XP.
As far as actual development goes, I know Eclipse has a native 64-bit version. Visual Studio doesn't have one though. In any case, 32 vs. 64 bit probably won't have any noticeable performance differences when you're using your IDE.
64bit will only really help you if you go beyond 4GB mark.
I don't know what you development platform is, but it would be probably fair to say that all new platforms will be thoroughly tested on Windows 7.
Also, you may want to read this article if you are interested in what Windows 7 gives you as a developer:
http://sdtimes.com/link/33856
It's my impression that many IT departments eschewed upgrading to Vista because of compatibility worries but will probably embrace Win7. That said it would behoove a programming shoppe to develop for Win7 simply because that market segment will grow. It's still early but i doubt Redmond would produce two stinkers in a row... Well, Win98 and Me were quite the tandem...
I've found the new Explorer and start menu search quite useful (most of this was already in Vista)
Also, it will encourage you to take advantage of Windows 7's new taskbar features in your programs.