Re:Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?
by danman114 on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:06PM
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I recently wondered:
Why is there no VB-Like tool for building Electron - Apps using eg. React-Widgets & Javascript as the scripting - language?
I'm not married to Electron vs. another similar, possibly more modern / less ressource hungry alternative; or another Frontend Framework.
But it seems to be it should be possible to do a VB-Style thing using these kinds of tools, Drag+Drop, and Javascript, most of the components should be available already...
And it could be a fun environment for prototyping, having fun, creating really bad games & greeting card apps again like in the 90s/2000s etc etc.
It could be a fun learning environment for newbies while a powerful GUI builder for multiple platforms for experts..
Why isn't there such a thing? Would somebody please build this? :D
Why is there no VB-Like tool for building Electron - Apps using eg. React-Widgets & Javascript as the scripting - language?
I'm not married to Electron vs. another similar, possibly more modern / less ressource hungry alternative; or another Frontend Framework.
But it seems to be it should be possible to do a VB-Style thing using these kinds of tools, Drag+Drop, and Javascript, most of the components should be available already...
And it could be a fun environment for prototyping, having fun, creating really bad games & greeting card apps again like in the 90s/2000s etc etc.
It could be a fun learning environment for newbies while a powerful GUI builder for multiple platforms for experts..
Why isn't there such a thing? Would somebody please build this? :D