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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by vb6lives on Monday January 21, 2019 @09:49PM (#18965615)
The marketing is all wrong. I've used vb6 for 20+ years. The advantage is that you can get a Windows app running in seconds. But vb6 is tainted by opinions (some right, but mostly wrong). Forget VB. Focus on RAD. Show how easy it is to build a UI. The vb6 ide is unparalleled in modern software. It's shocking how bad things are.
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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by ugotsta on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:40AM (#18966225)
Wait, what about Lazarus? https://www.lazarus-ide.org/

It's Pascal rather than Basic but otherwise, wouldn't that qualify as a parallel?

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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by zubairq on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:50AM (#18966270)
Yes, Lazarus is totally awesome, I love it! I have tried to get people in companies to use Lazarus but they wont go near it because it is Pascal. The other problem with Lazarus is that they need to make a one click installer, I saw that put alot of people off
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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by zubairq on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:15AM (#18966144)
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, you are probably right, to focus on the RAD part. Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn or GitHub and we can continue the conversation. Would love to chat
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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by vb6lives on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:54AM (#18969129)
You just have to get rid of the words "visual basic". It has a terrible reputation by the thousands of people who have never used it but like to parrot things they have read online.
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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by zubairq on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:20PM (#18975362)
Ok, testing with a different headline now to see the response:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18975316

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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by zubairq on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:47AM (#18977463)
I tried it but the hacker news crowd seems to respond more to Visual Basic 6 (see the link I attached). I guess outside of Hacker News people think more of RAD. Thanks for your input :)
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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by vb6lives on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:05PM (#18984123)
I'm sure the hacker news crowd leans more to web apps and mac/*nix. The first headline never mentions "windows".
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Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript by zubairq on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:31PM (#18985986)
Ok, thanks, that makes sense as I am a Mac and Linux user myself. I only use Windows as Mac and Linux is virtually non existent in the desktop corporate world in Europe
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